A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning

Question

Identify two phrases from the poem that show that the speaker wants the farewell to be quite, calm affair??

Asked by Bokamoso K #1042622 on 9/4/2020 8:45 PM

Last updated by jill d #170087 on 9/4/2020 9:38 PM

Answered by jill d #170087 on 9/4/2020 9:38 PM

From the text:

As virtuous men pass mildly away, And whisper to their souls to go

So let us melt, and make no noise,

No tear-floods, nor sigh-tempests move

A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning