In which excerpt from John Donne's "A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning" does the speaker tell his wife why she should keep his departure a secret?

"...Thy firmness makes my circle just, /And makes me end where I begun."
"...A breach, but an expansion,/Like gold to airy thinness beat."
"...But trepidation of the spheres,/Though greater far, is innocent."
"...Twere profanation of our joys/To tell the laity our love."

Link to the story,
http://www.luminarium.org/sevenlit/donne/mourning.php.

Question

In which excerpt from John Donne's "A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning" does the speaker tell his wife why she should keep his departure a secret?

"...Thy firmness makes my circle just, /And makes me end where I begun."
"...A breach, but an expansion,/Like gold to airy thinness beat."
"...But trepidation of the spheres,/Though greater far, is innocent."
"...Twere profanation of our joys/To tell the laity our love."

Link to the story,
http://www.luminarium.org/sevenlit/donne/mourning.php.

hero · Answer

Does this help: http://www.sparknotes.com/poetry/donne/section5.rhtml

anonymous · Answer

I would have helped someone else, but I obviously have some major interpretation-skill-problems.

beccaboo333 · Answer

which do you think it is?

anonymous · Answer

I honestly have no clue.

anonymous · Answer

I am not good at interpreting.

beccaboo333 · Answer

did you read the story?

anonymous · Answer

Yes, and still, see how much I stink....

anonymous · Answer

Do you know it or not?

beccaboo333 · Answer

it's not that you stink lol, i have a hard time at times interpreting things too. everyone does. i do know it, but i'd like to try to help you figure it out instead.

anonymous · Answer

Damn it, I have been waiting trying to find the naswer by figuring it out and asking this anywhere.
No one can tell me, I'll find someone else who will just tell me and explain why, I am tired of doing this question.
Good bye!

beccaboo333 · Answer

you can't get direct answers through openstudy, unless someone explains it to you.

beccaboo333 · Answer

right @hero?

hero · Answer

@fbi2015, You have to study John Donne's complete list of works, the intention behind his poems and understand the `historical, social and political contexts` of each of his works in order to gain a whole-listic understanding of his poems.

hero · Answer

If I were you, I would start by reading these links: http://www.sparknotes.com/poetry/donne/analysis.html http://www.sparknotes.com/poetry/donne/themes.html

hero · Answer

That site also has links to his poems and does an analysis of each one. Read all of them. Also try to find a biography describing his life and his literature