The biggest thing to get from this poem was definitely the tone. I felt as if I could actually hear this man's threat to his lover. This man is saying that if his lover goes off with this imaginary man and thinks she is free, she won't be because he is going to come and haunt her. The speaker gives off this foreboding and creepy tone which makes him almost seem like a stalker or something. He goes far enough to say that this new and imaginary man will not even be able to protect her.
Donne also has some imagery that contributes to this eerie theme. "Then thy sick candle will begin to wink." This text gives this creepy mental image of a candle flickering in the silent darkness, but the use of personification here just adds to the creepiness. Winking is just an uncomfortable action in general. It can freak people out and it is just awkward.
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