Compare And Contrast John Donne And Anne Bradstreet

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John Donne and Anne Bradstreet both argue that neither distance nor even death can defeat love. Many people describe “love” as something magical; love is a huge feeling that everybody experiences every day. Moreover, there are different types of love, and in this case, both authors describe the love of their characters as something unconditional and genuine. Sometimes it does not have any explanation of what people feel when they are in love. Indeed, both poems portray the same idea of an endless love. Also, both poets describe how their characters are fighting distance and proving that their love is pure and sincere. As a result, both attempt to prove that love is the most powerful thing in the entire world, and their goal is to show that

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