Full nakedness! All joys are due to thee,
As souls unbodied, bodies unclothed must be,
To taste whole joys.

In these lines Donne links physical nakedness with a metaphysical ideal of completeness. The exclamation “Full nakedness!” treats undressing not merely as erotic display but as a condition for “whole joys,” paralleling the soul’s release from the body after death (“souls unbodied”). The conceit suggests that barriers—clothing in the erotic realm, embodiment in the spiritual realm—limit experience; removing them enables a more total union and pleasure. Typical of Donne’s metaphysical style, the poem fuses sacred and profane registers, using theological language about the soul to intensify and legitimize sensual intimacy, while also hinting that earthly love gestures toward a fuller, transcendent joy.