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Love, Reflected Through the Work of John Donne John Donne writes with an overwhelming and intense feeling that is strongly reflected in his work. Much of his poetry is written for his wife, reflecting his unwavering emotion for her, however, the motivation of God and the church fuels his writing as well. In many of his poems it can be seen that Donne speaks of love with strong emotion. It seems that love means a …

…but his love for Anne ran much deeper, and this again is shown in “The Sun Rising.” In comparing love to the natural world in “The Sun Rising” Donne say that the sun is the center of everything much like the love of his life, Anne, who was the center of everything in his life. This is why Love was reflected so profoundly throughout his poetry, because most of what he wrote was about her.