Identify the metaphysical poet who uses the following lines to compare two lovers separated by the distance.
If they be two, they are two so
As stiff twin compasses are two ;
Thy soul, the fixed foot, makes no show
To move, but doth, if the other do.
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A.
Abraham Cowley
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B.
John Donne
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C.
Andrew Marvell
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D.
John Milton
Correct Answer:
B. John Donne
Explanation:
The lines provided are from John Donne's "A Valediction Forbidding Mourning." In this poem, the author likens his and his beloved's souls to a twin compass, making option (b) the correct answer.
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