to the sun like a person He scolds the sun Busy old fool unruly sun He tells the sun to go away and stop disturbing him and his lover Because they are enjoying their moment early in the morning in their bedroom This is very unique Most poets praise the beauty of sunrise but Donne scolds it He does this to express how much he loves being with her He says that lovers can enjoy their time whenever they want They do not have to follow the sun or maintain a routine He writes Love all alike no season knows nor clime This means things like seasons climate hours days and months are not important in love True love is timeless and it does not care about time or season Moreover Donne says that he and his beloved are everything to each other Her presence is more important than all the wealth in the world So their bedroom becomes the whole world He writes She s all states and all princes I Nothing else is This means his lover is like all the countries and he is like all the princes They do not need anything else but each other They feel complete in themselves Here Donne uses clever arguments to express his deep love which was quite new in his time A Valediction Forbidding Mourning In this poem Donne is going on a short trip and saying goodbye to his beloved He says they should not cry or show sadness Because their love is spiritual not based only on the body So physical distance cannot break their love Here Donne uses a compass metaphor to explain their bond He says their souls are like two feet of a drawing compass One foot stays in the center and the other moves in a circle Still they are always connected Thy soul the fixed foot makes no show To move but doth if the other do This is a very new and clever way to show love No other poet used such a scientific image in love poetry before The Canonization In this poem the speaker is an aged lover He says his love is not harmful to anyone His love does not sink ships destroy farms or spread diseases So people should not disturb or insult this aged lover He says their love is so deep and powerful that they will become saints of love after death Poetry will make their love immortal They will be saints of love and people will remember them for their deep love As he says And by these hymns all shall approve Us canonized for Love This is a very surprising and new idea for a love poem Donne says that love is a holy thing and the lovers are saints not of religion but of love In short these features bring novelty to Donne s love poems Clever and surprising ideas to express deep love Blend of thoughts and feelings Use of conceits like comparing the lovers to two feet of a drawing compass and Wit and arguments In fine John Donne changed love poetry completely He made it clever surprising argumentative and full of deep feelings He used strange and striking comparisons That is why Donne s love poems are very new and modern even today