Contemporary Academic Deliberations Of Love s Alchemy By...

Contemporary academic deliberations of â€Å"Love’s Alchemy† by John Donne and â€Å"On My First Son† by Ben Jonson has given rise to one controversial issue: whether love should be labeled as uncertainty. In fact, some argue that the poem â€Å"Love’s Alchemy† expresses the cynical love, whereas, the poem â€Å"On My First Son† focuses more on pious love. These contrasting views have also been articulately conveyed through words, such as, â€Å"Alchemy† and â€Å"Farewell† in the individual poetic works of both Donne and Jonson, respectively, with one conclusion: to alter men by first enticing them to a fantasy world, wherein they are rendered unstable, and later, compelling them to correct themselves. Furthermore, though both of these aforementioned poems are about†¦show more content†¦In fact, Donne is in a constant quest to find a deeper meaning of love, though he is only met with disappointments at the end. To elab orate on this point, though Donne concedes that he had once found love when he mentions, â€Å"I have loved, and got, and told† (line 3), he (Donne) still carries the disjointed feelings that he got from this love. Furthermore, Donne utters, â€Å"Tis not the bodies marry, but the minds,† (line 19). Here Donne’s profound connection and obsession with death, and that he is constantly aware of it. The words, ‘shadow’, ‘angelic’ ‘short scorn’ are related to the underworld that one may not easily embrace; thus, causing displeasure. Many who might object to the notion that a woman plays a special role in a man’s life and she has the ability to make her man happy, Donne attacks this very notion as well: â€Å"Our ease, our thrift, our honor, and our day, Shall we for this vain bubble’s shadow pay?† (line13-14). By these verses, Donne implies that though men have to work harder to serve their women, in return, however, men do not receive the same amount of true love that they deserve; their love remains unrequited. As a