diyalteredego

I am going to give you literature lessons here. Welcome to the 1st episode of Dying in Literature with Diya. To you who knows, there is no better way to start this series than with John Donne. The only poet who, in my extremely supreme opinion, is the most miserable of all poets who ever lived.  John Donne didn’t just write about love—he let it consume him, tear him apart, and stitch him back together in ways that still feel too raw centuries later. His poetry does not merely explore love—it dissects it, holds it under a microscope, and allows it to bleed onto the page in all its torment and glory. His love is never simple. It is at once an exalted, divine force and a cruel, consuming fire. These poems aren’t about fleeting romance or easy devotion. They’re about love that fights the world, love that begs to stay, love that wrecks everything in its path and still isn’t enough. If you’ve ever loved someone so much it felt like your heart might break under the weight of it, Donne has...