John Donne: Poems

Q/ What is the opinion of poets or critic of my god, in my sickness poem?

Q/ What is the opinion of poets or critic of my god, in my sickness poem?

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The speaker faces the possibility of his own death by focusing on his preparation for Heaven. He must tune himself in order to become God’s musical instrument. Or, he is like a map, and as he struggles through his own life’s map to the west, he realizes that on a map the westernmost and easternmost points are the same. Death is thus resurrection; original sin by the tree in the Garden of Eden has its parallel in the Cross where sin was redeemed. The poet’s life can be used as a sermon to preach that suffering and death are natural on the route to salvation.