When they succeed in achieving their goal of eternal happiness, they will prove that they possess the rare gift of true love. John Donne immortalized his love in just nine stanzas, but pages and pages could be written about the meaning of these words and the fruits that flow from them. But the more words there are and the more specific one becomes in explaining the ideals of true love, the further the reader is from experiencing the truth. This is why John Donne used metaphors and beautiful examples such as "the peaceful restlessness of the spheres", "the expansion of the golden thread" and "the union of a compass", in order to so readers can perhaps better understand the love that John Donne and his wife