Elegy III: Change by John Donne
"Elegy III: Change" by John Donne is an excellent example of formal and sustained mourning in verse. It appears that he composed elegies under a variety of life circumstances. The poet's sardonic defence of women's transitory love was frivolous at best. When it comes to love, he compares women to flowing water, claiming that they are lovely only when they are able to shift partners without hesitation.
