These are his thoughts on the supremacy and importance of love and heartbreak. Donne is valuable not only as a representative writer, but also as a completely unique writer. He was a man of contradictions: as a minister of the Anglican Church, Donne possessed a deep spirituality that connected his thoughts and feelings throughout his life. Donne also possessed a sensual outlook on life, sensation and experience...... middle of paper ...... and the process of having his heart broken led him to consider Love like a living being; a human, who can and will hurt anyone who is vulnerable. Throughout the poem, Donne uses a multitude of images to reveal Donne's attitude toward Love. Donne does not speak friendly about emotion and uses effective literary devices to express his beliefs. LANGUAGE The Broken Heart is constructed from effective linguistic devices that greatly increase the power of Donne's messages in the poem. Donne also uses various literary devices such as metaphors, similes, hyperbole and personification to reveal his bitter attitude towards the nature of love and show the meaning and importance of the theme. John Donne uses chosen vocabulary in this sonnet with great success to create a specific attitude in the reader, notably through the use of the reference of the words he has chosen..

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