Words of Interest

I chose aery and laity as words I want to further examine from the Donne poem. Aery, is in actuality a word in and of itself. I assumed it to be an archaic version of airy, and though the meanings are similar, aery is more concisely defined as an adj. characterized by a lightness or insubstantiality and airy (as an adj.) is of having the quality of air...
Laity is defined as a body of religious worshippers as seperate from the clergy. I chose this word because it gives a deeper meaning to the poem.
In any case, the play on words is found in the use of the metaphysical conceit comparing the lover's love to the construct of a compass...