"If they be two, they are two so
As stiff twin compasses are two" (25-26).
In "A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning" by John Donne, I can honestly say that I have no clue what it is about. I really thought that I understood the meaning, but the questions at the end completely negate everything that I thought the poem meant. The one thing I can say with almost 25 percent certainty is that the speaker is not about to die, but rather go on a journey. The simile I posted above is the only one that I can find, but there are apparently another two I am missing a long with a metaphor? It was also what leads me to believe that the speaker is about to go on a journey, since you would not really need a compass when you die.
I also understand that there was an earthquake which killed many and left the rest stranded to leave the town behind? This might be the source of the contrast between the journey and the dying, but I honestly have no clue.
Another small observation that I made that probably means nothing at all is that the speaker said "Care less" and not "careless" in line 20.
Refer to the picture below for the expressions I made while studying this poem.
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