is a theatrical character, constantly in different situations, and using different roles to suit the action. He can take on the role of the womanizer, as in "The Indifferent," or the faithful lover from "Lover's Infiniteness," but the speaker in each of these poems is always John Donne himself.
from The Westender: Dramatic Self-Presentation of John Donne: Insight into the "infinite"
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