The Apparition by John Donne.
This poem caused a lot of confusion during group discussion last week. I sincerely apologize if I botch this interpretation of the text. What my group and me came up with is that the speaker is alluding the memory of himself in regards to his ex-lover to a ghost that is haunting his ex-lover.
"And that thou thinkst thee free From all solicitation from me" (Donne, line 2-3).
The speaker comes up with an excellent way of reminding his lover, or ex-lover, that he is not going to go away as easy as they think that the speaker will disappear from their mind. The speakers thought is that his lover will see him in every person that she has as a lover from then on. That will continue until she dies. This is one of those poems where the person scorned hopes for some kind of misfortune. This reminds me of a song by The All American Rejects called "Gives You Hell". If you've never heard it, you should, it is a good song.
Anyway, question three asks about diction and tone of the speaker. I believe that the tone of the poem being disdain and anger supports the contention the speaker is feeling toward the woman.
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