Category: John Donne
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Metaphysical Poetry: Recognizing Donne As A Metrist
The term metaphysical itself is very self-explanatory as to what it stands for. Meta is the word equivalent of anything that is above or beyond the physical , which stands for the physical world, things and objects that abide by the laws of physics. Metaphysical poetry therefore, serves the purpose of using words to reach the…
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Metaphysical Contributions Of John Donne To The Poetry
John Donne was the leading English poet of the Metaphysical school and is often considered the greatest love poet in the English language and is also known for his religious sermons and poetry. Because almost none of Donnes poetry was published during his lifetime, it is difficult to date it accurately (Pinka). Metaphysical writers like…
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John Donnes Love Poetry: Critical Analysis
In Donnes love poetry, he certainly sought to comprehend and to experience love in every respect, both theoretically and practically through all his love poetry he wrote. In the poem The Flea written by John Donne he describes how the speaker in the poem is trying to convince his female lover to sleep with…
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John Donne: Poetry Analysis
The narrator of this poem is John Donne, which he is known for being a metaphysical poet. A metaphysical poet is a poet whose works are marked by philosophical exploration and with metrically flexible lines (https://www.poetryfoundation.org/learn/glossary-terms/metaphysical-poets). Donne was a Roman Catholic, born in the year 1572 in London, England. His mother is named Elizabeth Heywood…
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Themes Of Love In John Donne’s The Flea And To His Mistress Going To Bed
Within John Donnes love poems there are many unique ideas of love presented, his attitudes towards love are contrasting as love is presented as more physical rather than emotional. Donnes presentation of physical love can be viewed as an attempt to glorify it. John Donnes the flea and to his mistress going to bed could…
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Literature Review On Physical Love And Its Natural Nature By Using A Flea As An Erotic Image In The John Donne’s Poem The Flea
The poem The Flea written by John Donne and published in 1633, Donne describes physical love and it’s true natural nature. The six articles that I choose to use as research explain mainly how Donnes poem The Flea is the most notorious seduction poem of the English Renaissance (Hyman 157) and how other poems of…
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The Crucial Ideas Of John Donne’s Poetry
Faith, as the complete confidence in a belief or concept, serves as the explanation for life itself and all the unknown. This very ideology guides all people towards true purpose, whether that be work or life-long devotion to an individual, namely through religion or love. John Donne, through his metaphysical poetry paired with erotic language,…
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Literary Devices Peculiarities In John Donne’s Poetry
The 17th century marked a shift from an age of faith to an age of reason. Literature represents the turbulence in society, religion, and the realm of this period. Life for the English people reformed as religious hullabaloo and civil war shook the nation. These issues reformulated the role of individuals in society, perspectives of…
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Morality And Death In John Donnes Metaphysical Poems And Margaret Edsons Postmodern Play Wit
Due to the universal human experience, all human beings are subject to the inherited ambiguity associated with the continuous cycle of life and death, and ultimately the search for the truth regarding their own mortality. The role of texts in our society is to allow for the examination of our own consciousness and the evaluation…
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Literary Devices Peculiarities In John Donne’s Poetry
The 17th century marked a shift from an age of faith to an age of reason. Literature represents the turbulence in society, religion, and the realm of this period. Life for the English people reformed as religious hullabaloo and civil war shook the nation. These issues reformulated the role of individuals in society, perspectives of…