|
Do you have any comments, criticism, paraphrasis or analysis of this poem that you feel would assist other visitors in understanding this poem better? If they are accepted, they will be added to this page of Poetry Connection. Together we can build a wealth of information, but it will take some discipline and determination.
Do not post questions, pleas for homework help or anything of the sort, as these types of comments will be removed. The proper place for questions is the poetry forum. Also, please do not post any links what so ever.
Please note that after you post a comment, it can take up to an hour before it is visible on the website! Rest assured that your comment is not lost, so don't enter your comment again.
|
Copyright © 2003-2008 Gunnar Bengtsson, Poetry Connection. All Rights Reserved.
I wonder if anyone has examined this poem from the viewpoint of the contemporary law of wills and estates, with which Donne would have been familiar -- if not from his training at Lincoln's Inn, then from his time as secretary to the Lord Keeper; and whether there was some contemporary legal debate or dispute about the effect of having two wills (not to mention a joint tenancy as well). If anyone knows of such commentary, I'd be grateful to be directed to it. Thanks.
richard butler