... Donne wrote this poem, evidently he was heartbroken. Otherwise, he would have never had such antagonistic feelings towards love and never would have described it as being something like a monster. He writes "but us Love draws, He swallows us, and never chaws." This makes one imagine a viscous beast enticing you to come forth, but then when his grasp is fixed, he swallows you whole, with no mercy, and ´takes no prisoners,´ as the old saying goes. So in short, Donne considers love to be cruel, sneaky, and brutal, so if you fall under its spell, you will never know what hit you. "I brought a heart into the room, but from the room, I carried none with me" illustrates how wickedly he was treated when he had his heart stolen from him and never returned. The image that is presented with this phrase is one of him walking ...

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