The Apparition

Who is the Lady is Donne's poem, The Apparition?

The Apparition

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The addressee of the poem is a lady who has rejected the speaker's romantic pursuits. The speaker refers to her as "murd'ress" to emphasize his own pain over how her rejection has affected him.

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