in john donne's forbidding mounring, he usues circular imagery as a symbol for the love and bond between these two people. through the use of rhyme and circular images and language he creates an empathetic and sentimental tone along with other lit techniques such as emjambent and the overall structure of the poem which helps to show the soothing and somber mood of the poem.
the use of circular images in stanzas 3 and 9 are literal and specifi refernces to circles as doone uses the words 'sphere' and 'circle' to show the imagery of a circle. in stanzas 6, 8, and again 9. in stanza 6 the speaker talks about two souls that are one which creates an image of commitment, which could be seen as a circle since the two are together and there's nothing seperating them like how a circle has no beginning or end. in stanza 8 he talks about a pivoting foot where you would go around and be back where you started which is also an image of a circle. in stanza 9 along with the literal image of a circle he also creates the image of a circle in the last line where he says " and makes me end, where i begun" this creates the effect of a circle because he is going around from the beginning and enging at the beginning. with the use of the circular images he creates the image of strong, unbreakable bond between the two.
the rhyming through out the poem also creates a soothing effect that goes along with the overall mood of the poem. he uses end rhyme along with some internal rhyme to achieve this. the structure of the line indentures and the emjambents also help to emphasis and control the flow of the poem.
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You have included a lot of information that is clearly present in the poem, however I believe you've missed explaining the point that Donne is trying to make. You forgot to explain the point of the circle imagery, used to emphasize the fact that the speaker believed that the love between him and his lover will never be "mourned" because he believes that even though him and his lover might die and physically be separated, their love will remain strong. This relates to the theme of the circle because even though their love has gone through a journey, it is always going to end up at the same place. One more thing is that you should include the comparison of the speaker's love with his lover and what he believes other couples share, which is a physical bond that they call love. The speaker believes that others do not share true love because when separated physically, their love no longer exists. I liked that you included a lot of evidence and I think that if you just add the point that Donne was trying to make, you will be able to support that evidence more.
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