Throughout "Woman's Constancy" John Donne uses catalogue and diction to create the dominant effect of confusion and frustration towards a newly loved one. Donne main tone of this poem is anger and very scorn because he is constantly accusing his lover of false love.
The first the thing I noticed with this poem is the use of catalogue. Donne uses catalogue to answer the question he asks in the second line of the poem "Tomorrow when thou leav'st, what wilt thou say?" He then goes on to list all the answers he accuses his lover of saying to him. Her explaining all the reasons that he wouldn't love her any longer. I noticed the uses of catalogue with the repetitive use of the weird "or" every time Donne proposed a new excuse to not love anymore. The use of this catalogue creates the effect that the narrator has a lot on his mind and that he is confused.
The next thing that stood out to me throughout this people is the word choice Donne uses such as "reverential fear love." These two words don't really go together in the sense that reverential means deeply respectful but also the word fear is used next to it which didn't make much sense to me. Also the words "wrath" and "forswear" create a negative connotation to the poem.
Overall i really liked this poem because Donne does a really nice job tying together catalogue and diction to create a tone of confusion and frustration with his thoughts of losing the feelings of love for his new lover.
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