Donne uses alliteration twice in these lines with melt/make/move and no/noise/no/nor. His choice of words ties together the lines and brings the readers attention closer to the important message that tears do not help they only prolong the mourning. The stanza goes on to remind the mourner that proclaiming your love for the deceased to others only serves to cheapen the memories held dear " 'Twere profanation of our joys To tell the laity our love" ( 7 - 8 ). Donne uses the word "profanation", according to Webster's dictionary to profane something is to "debase by a vulgar use". Time well spent with a lover should be relived in the heart alone . No one can understand your love for someone else, so explaining those good times would only serve to cheapen the memories in your heart.

             The 3rd stanza chastises man's tendency to make a big thing out something that happens everyday. Even though the death of a person is a big deal, its is still one life in a sea of other lives. Donne reminds the mourner that "the trepidation of the spheres" ( 11 ) is a far more violent and destructive event than the death of a loved one. The violent events attributed to causing the disruption of planetary orbits are viewed as minor when compared to man's pain. In reality, the trepidation of the spheres has a huge impact while one person's death does not. .

             What happens when it is the one you love most that is lying in the coffin? This is the topic of the next three stanzas. If you truly love the person than everything should be all right. Love is a very powerful thing and not even death can mute its song. Donne distinguishes between different types of love. "Dull sublunary lovers' love" ( 13 ) is temporary and will collapse when an obstacle is presented. Death can destroy this kind of love because "Absence, because it doth remove Those things which elemented it" ( 15 - 16 ). This love is more of a lust based in the physical pleasures.