![]() ![]() His love from a distance was not a passing feeling, it was true and returned to him two or three times. This multiplication of his love gives it additional credibility. Not once did he love her, but “Twice or thrice,” two or three times. ![]() The speaker begins ‘Air and Angels’ by stating that he loved the listener before he even knew who she was. This way they avoid anything too “bright” or “extreme.” Their loves will reside in a middle ground together.Īnalysis of Air and Angels Stanza One Lines 1-4 ![]() ‘Air and Angels’ concludes with the speaker deciding the only way his love and his listener’s love can come together is if her’s encircles his like a sphere. She would be weighed down like a small ship. This is quickly pushed to the side though as he decides a woman could not balance the strength of a man’s love within her. First, considering the possibility it could find a home within his lover’s body. He wonders over how exactly his love will be made known. It is in the world the same way angels move through the air. The speaker compares love to the purity of angels. His love exists on its own terms, separate from the person it is directed at. The poem begins with the speaker describing how he has loved the listener many times over, and always without knowing her. ![]() ‘ Air and Angels’ by John Donne tell of a speaker’s search for the location of his love as he seeks out a relationship with the listener. ![]()
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