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Question for Donne Scholars

Posted on Wednesday: February 28, 2018 by Michael Hendry

Though too lazy to look up examples, I know John Donne punned on his last name and its homophone, the participle of ‘did’. Did he ever pun on the Italian homograph ‘donne’ = ‘ladies’? The meaning would certainly suit a … Continue reading →

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