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2、Thetitle,"Song",leadsustoexpectcertainthings:alyricalelementtothewords,andamusicalrhythm,whicharefulfilledbythisneatlycraftedpoem.Itisalsoveryambiguous,nothintingatthesubjectmatterofthepoem.Thestanzasareslightlylongerthanmightbeexpected,ninelineseach,butthisallowsforthemorecomplexandabstracti
3、deas,whicharearchetypalofmetaphysicalpoetry.Thefirststanzaisthemostforceful,employingtheimperativetoachieveasenseofcommand,andimplyingthatheistalkingtoonespecificperson.Thesecondstanzabeginsconditionally,"if",andcontinuestobedirectedtowardstheapparentlistenerbytherepeateduseofthesecondpersons
4、ingular,"thou".Bothareheavyinexoticimagery,whichthefinalstanzaiscompletelydevoidof,andthefinalstanzaalsotakesonafarmoreconversational,monosyllabictone.Thefirstsentenceisacommand:"Goandcatchafallingstar",andanimpossibleone,forhowcanonecatchastar?Theword"falling"suggestsagradualdeterioration,ra
5、therthanfallenwhichwouldbeirretrievable,thereisasensethatthereisachance,butitisnarrow.ItisinterestingthatDonneisusingtheconventionallyromanticimageofastarindefianceofsuchatraditionalideaasmonogamy.Itcouldalsobelinkedtothefourthlinewhichreferencesthedevil,asLuciferwasafallenangel,andthestarsar
6、eoftensymbolicofAngelsandheaven,thisdevilimageryperhapsisanearlysuggestionoftheduplicityofwomen.Donnebuildsonthisideaoftheimpossibleinthesecondline,"Getwithchildamandrakeroot",thereismuchsuperstitionsurroundingthemandrakeplant,itissaidtoscreamwhenpulledfromtheground,andit"resemblesthehumanfor
7、m,sometimesthefemaleformandsometimesthemale,accordingtowhethertherootsaretwofoldorthreefold".Thiscouldagainbelinkedtothedevilwhohas"cleft"feet,whichalsoresemblethefork-rootedplantthroughtheideaofdivisionandmultiplicity.Thisinturnissuggestiveo
