John Donne A NOCTURNAL UPON ST LUCY'S DAY, BEING THE SHORTEST DAY OF THE YEAR analysis Part 2

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nice explanation...Thank you...🙂

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I come to find that this man is my long removed grandfather. His blood runs through my veins. His desires flood my head. It creeps me out a bit. How just like him I am. Love you dear grandfather.

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The word 'chaosses' is worth unpicking. In the Greek myths it is the state of nothingness before the creation of the world. Which encourages parallels with the Old Testament myth in which, before creation, the world is in darkness and without form. All of this resonates with 'the first nothing' in stanza four.