قصة الكتاب :
The poem The Ecstasy is one of John Donne\'s most popular poems, which expresses his unique and unconventional ideas about love . It expounds the theme that pure, spiritual or real love can exist only in the bond of souls established by the bodies . For Donne, true love only exists when both bodies and souls are inextricably united . Donne criticizes the platonic lover who excludes the body and emphasizes the soul .rnrnThe fusion of body and soul strengthens spiritual love . Donne compares bodies to planets and souls to the angels that body and souls are inseparable but they are independent . According to the medieval mystical conception, ecstasy means a trance-like state in which the soul leaves the body, comes out, and holds communion with the Divine, the Supreme or the Over-soul of the Universe . In Christianity also, it denotes the state of religious communion with God . Donne uses the religious and philosophical term with religious and philosophical connotations to build his own theory of love . The poem is an expression of Donne\'s philosophy of love .