In the third stanza, Donne compares their love to the phoenix: This indicates that they and their love are able to die and be reborn stronger than before. These lines also suggest sexual passion unique to their relationship that helps another survive: "the eagle and the dove. The phoenix riddle hath more wit .... So, to one neutral thing both sexes fit. Further, it can be argued that the phoenix metaphor extends beyond the third stanza https://owlcation.com/humanities/The-Significance-of-the-Phoenix-in-John-Donnes-The-Canonization

In arguing that his right to love is not the concern of others, Donne indicates that his present emotional needs move beyond the present material landscape. Donne suggests that his addressee is concerned with politics, nobility and other areas of study. Further, he suggests they should be satisfied with these interests alone ("Contemplate; what you will, approve") so as not to bother him

Within the change of season, elements of nature and time are personified and embody the change that takes place. "The Star, Dayes harbringer" and "The Flowry May" are each capitalized to represent their autonomous significance and indicate their causality throughout the poem.

The month of May and Nature are personified as female: “The Flowery May, who from her green lap” (Milton). This follows a longstanding trend of feminizing nature based on its nurturing and reproductive qualities.

The poem is written from the Earth's perspective ("Earth rais'd up her head / From the darkness dread & drear") and her demoralization in a world corrupted by selfish man.

This line emphasizes the influence of Milton on England by likening his absence to bodies of water. Milton's voice and influence was said to be like a "sea: pure as the heavens." While the England of today is now a "fen" (marsh) of stagnant water"

internal rhyming, alliteration (pale Primrose) and assonance (yellow Cowslip) are used to create colourful imagery