John Donne and William Shakespeare are famous for their brilliant poetry. William Shakespeare is said to be the founder of true sonnets, while John Donne is proclaimed the leading metaphysical poet. Every poet has survived the changing centuries and will forever stand the test of time. Although both John Donne and William Shakespeare share the common theme of love in their poems, they each use different tactics to portray this underlying meaning. Upon closer examination one can determine that Donne and Shakespeare have similar qualities in their writing. John Donne and William Shakespeare shared similar ideas to portray the theme of love in “Sonnet 18” and “The Good-Morrow”. Both Donne and Shakespeare used the concept of eternal love in their poems, but with slightly different perspectives. John Donne establishes the idea of ​​eternal love by saying that his lover's bodily fluids mixed with his own make a perfect match. In other words, through coitus they become a completely perfect person, free from death. “Love is so similar that no one loosens, no one can die.” (Women 1374). On the other hand, Shakespeare establishes the idea of ​​eternal love through his own poetry. “As long as men can breathe or eyes can see, so long does this live, and this gives you life.” (Shakespeare 1173). Shakespeare, presumptuously, is determined that his poetry will last for centuries. As long as humanity can read, people will always know about their love. Shakespeare also establishes the concept of eternal love during the summer. “But thy everlasting summer shall not fade away” (Shakespeare 1173). Summers are eternal just like his love. Each of the poems also shares the idea of ​​temporary ownership. In “The Good-Morrow” John Donne refers to “Seven Sleepe...... middle of the sheet ......d rhyming quatrains. The only difference is that Donne uses triplets between quatrains and Shakespeare does not. Instead, he inserts a doublet at the very end of the poem. Both poets use nonquatrains for philosophical interpretations. Donne uses quatrains to describe the physicality of her partner's love and triplets to describe the deeper non-physical connection the couple shares. Shakespeare uses quatrains to create the story of an imaginary lover and the doublet to create a poem within a poem. They stand out from the rest of the poem because they are a rhyming pair that directly follows the quatrains. Shakespeare did this to demonstrate his confidence in his own success. “As long as men can breathe or eyes can see” (Shakespeare 1173). Although the poems show differences in their structure, they both describe a central theme of love through the given structure.