Consider
“The Ecstasy” as a metaphysical poem.
The poem The Ecstasy is one of John Donne's most
popular metaphysical love poems. It expresses his unique and unconventional
ideas about love. It expounds the theme that pure, spiritual or real love can exist
only in the bond of souls established by the bodies. For Donne, true love only
exists when both bodies and souls are inextricably united. Donne criticizes the
platonic lover who excludes the body and emphasizes the soul.
The fusion of body and soul strengthens spiritual love. Donne compares
bodies to planets and souls to the angels that body and souls are inseparable
but they are independent. According to the medieval mystical conception,
'ecstasy' means a trance-like state in which the soul leaves the body, comes
out, and holds communion with the Divine, the Supreme or the Over-soul of the
Universe. In Christianity also, it denotes the state of mystic/religious
communion with God. Donne uses the religious and philosophical term with
religious and philosophical connotations to build his own theory of love.
The poem is an expression of Donne's philosophy of love. Donne agrees
with Plato that true love is spiritual. It is a union of the souls. But unlike
Plato, Donne doesn't ignore the claims of the body. It is the body that brings
the lovers together. Love begins in sensuous apprehension, and spiritual love
follows the sensuous. So the claim of the body must not be ignored. Union of
bodies is essential to make possible the union of souls. The poem is an unbroken
series of narration, argument and even contemplation..........
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