Question

This poem was written for Donne’s wife, Anne, in either..............................

• A. 1611 or 1612
• B. 1609 or 1610
• C. 1613 or 1614
• D. 1605 or 1606

Answer 1

Answer:

A. 1611 or 1612

• It was penned before he left on a trip to Europe. It was not published until after his death, appearing in the collection Songs and Sonnets.

• ”A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning’ is divided into sets of four lines, or quatrains.