One way out of this dead - end situation , denying as it did the possibility of a human relationship , was taken by Donne in his love - poems , where the woman is no longer on a pedestal but is discovered in bed with the poet .
One way out of this dead - end situation , denying as it did the possibility of a human relationship , was taken by Donne in his love - poems , where the woman is no longer on a pedestal but is discovered having a relationship with the poet .