John Donne's Poems

When reading the biography of Donne you see that he was around during the times of Henry VIII, Elizabeth I, James I, and Charles I. He got to see everything that happened with the religion in England and even became part of it. He was Catholic, but by the end of his life he was writing things against that religion (amazing what time can do). Anyways to the poems and their meanings, well atleast what I see. In the first poem Forbidding Mourning the difference is that he is speaking of spiritual love rather then physical love. This poem to me perfectly illustrates how Jone Donne is very spiritual. In the poem is says that no matter how far they are nothing will ever break them apart and he compares the relationship of the two lovers to a compass which is important symbol. In The Canonization you can see that the "addressee" if you will disapproves of the love affair occurring. And the speaker states that if the lovers' love cannot occur in the real world well then it'll become legend in poetry for future lovers to look upon. All I got out of them thus far....