In the poem 'The Relic', what does the speaker imagine will happen when his grave is dug up?
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Correct answer: A 'bracelet of bright hair about the bone' will be found
Donne uses this image to suggest a love that transcends death and time. He satirizes the religious obsession with relics by suggesting that he and his mistress will be mistaken for saints and worshiped.
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