John Donne's The Funeral: Paraphrase and Analysis

"The Funeral" Ten words or allusions: dissolution: the action of bringing to an end; the state of being ended humility: the quality of being humble, humbleness, meekness idolatry: excessive devotion to or veneration for a person or thing; adoration manacled: fetter or confine, bind, restrain martyr: a person who undergoes death or great suffering on behalf of any religious or <Tab/>other cause, or as a consequence of devotion to some …

…is as if he had a small part of a celebrity that he didn't want anyone else to even have the opportunity to see. It is hard to draw any definite conclusions about who this woman was and what the relationship between she and he exactly boils down to. It is safe to assume however that she was at least of some relevance to him and he was consumed with even the idea of her.