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Childhood
Childhood is used as a symbol for the period of life before one finds one's other half. The speaker seems not to remember the time before he met his beloved, comparing himself to an unweaned baby and a child. Childhood thus symbolizes immaturity, not just of the body but of the soul.
Greetings
The poem is titled after the greeting "good-morrow," meaning good morning, which symbolizes a new beginning. The literal context of the poem is that the speaker is waking up next to the beloved, and wishing them a good day. However, the deepening of their love also represents a new beginning (as indicated by the fact that the past seems so unimportant to them).
Maps
Maps symbolize other opportunities. Donne famously uses this symbol again and again in his poetry to represent the world and the desire to experience other lives. In the context...
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