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John Donne
In the first few lines of the poem, which is a sonnet, Donne uses a series of metaphors to describe his death. He first compares it to "my play's last scene" and then to "my pilgrimage's last...
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John Donne
“The Relic” by John Donne uses religious, archaic, and cultural allusions in order to portray the relationship between the poet and his pious “Mary Magdalen” (line 17). The poem is broken...
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John Donne
Samuel Johnson coined the term "metaphysical" in the 18th century to describe a certain group of 17th century poets who Johnson rightly believed defied classical norms in poetry by writing...
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John Donne
John Donne’s poem, “Death, be not proud,” focuses on death as a transitory state between life and what comes after life. In the poem, the speaker personifies and then chastises death,...
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John Donne
With regard to the first sentence in "Meditation 17”, John Donne means that someone may have death at their door and not even really know it. The first line of Meditation 17 reads: “Perchance...
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John Donne
John Donne was born on January 22, 1572, and died on March 31, 1631. He is best known for a being a metaphysical poet. It is believed that John Donne had a tremendous amount of inner conflict that...
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John Donne
John Donne's poem "The Good-Morrow" is part of his Songs and Sonnets published in 1633, and although he called this a sonnet, the poem is 21 lines long rather than 14 and is a mix of iambic...
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John Donne
Air and AngelsBy John Donne Twice or thrice had I lov'd thee,I had already fallen in love with you two or three times, Before I knew thy face or name;Even before I had met you or learned your name....
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John Donne
John Donne's poems "Batter My Heart" and "The Flea" are filled with wit and startling imagery. In "Batter My Heart"--in which the poet addresses God--his wit manifests in the closing lines: Take...
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John Donne
The relationship between body and soul in John Donne is complex. In all of his works, the account of the nature of body and soul is Christian, with the soul being immortal and the body mortal....
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John Donne
Lyric poetry is a fairly broad genre of poetry; however, there are basic key features of lyric poems. More often than not, a lyric poem is written from the first person perspective. That means...
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John Donne
"The Canonization," by John Donne, is an argument. In this argument the speaker presents a logical and persuasive defense of his love. He speaks to a listener who has criticized the speaker's...
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John Donne
"The Good Morrow " and " Go and catch a falling Star" are not sonnets. I'm also a bit confused by what you mean by "special techniques" -- do you mean figures of speech?
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John Donne
Metaphysical poetry can be a tough read. It is characterized by frequent paradoxes and complicated thought processes. Metaphysical poets often use strange imagery as well. Metaphysics, in a...
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John Donne
John Donne's poetry and sermons, especially after he became a priest in 1615, are deeply religious. Understanding the contents and evolution of his religious beliefs helps us understand his poetry...
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John Donne
John Donne (1572-1631) was born in London in a Roman Catholic family, but later joined the Anglican order in 1615 after King James I ordered it. A writer of witty and love poems, he turned to...
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John Donne
John Donne (c. 1572–1631) was born into a Roman Catholic family but converted to Anglicanism and became an ordained priest in the Church of England in 1615. His portrait of God could be...
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John Donne
John Donne's poetry evolved over his lifetime from witty and cynical to profoundly religious, and also reflected his conversion from the Roman Catholicism into which he was born to Anglicanism, and...
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John Donne
John Donne is an Elizabethan poet who was also a satirist, lawyer, and a priest. His vast experience with the subject of humanities through both his law and religious careers made him the perfect...
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John Donne
There are two notable points to consider about Donne's use of imagery. First, he broke the rules of classical imagery usage, he and other metaphysical poets. This means that Donne did not avail...
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John Donne
No man is an island, Entire of itself, Every man is a piece of the continent, A part of the main. If a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less. As well as if a promontory were. As...
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John Donne
It would be easy to look at Donne's religious and love poetry and to think that they are the product of two different authors. On the one hand, Donne's love poetry contains poems of seduction, such...
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John Donne
One can analyze John Donne's "Farewell to Love" in a variety of ways. Let me give you some examples of aspects of the poem to analyze. First, you could look at the historical context of the poem....
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A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning
John Donne's metaphysical poem makes use of words per se as well as expanding their meanings by means of images or symbols. In his poem " A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning," employs metaphysical...
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John Donne
"The Sunne Rising' has usually been regarded in liberal humanist reading as a poem celebrating the triumph of love over all material wealth and even over time symbolised by the sun. Yet, another...
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John Donne
What is critical appreciation? To begin with let us unpack the phrase – critical appreciation. To be critical means to be able to judge the value of something or someone. To show appreciation,...
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John Donne
For Donne, the nature of love seems to be torturous. Love is hard, and it makes us suffer both while we are in and when we are falling out. It's hard to stay in love, even for a short time. Donne...
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John Donne
Like in many of Donne's poems, the narrator is attempting to convince this woman to engage in sexual relations with him by using his witty and flattering language. He praises her ability to...
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John Donne
In John Donne’s poem “The Dream,” the narrator is woken from a dream by the person who he claims to have been dreaming about. Like in the more popular Donne poem “The Flea,” the narrator...
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John Donne
This is just a metaphor suggesting that honesty is not the best policy for getting ahead in the world. The image is that of a sailing vessel catching a wind that will move it in the desired...
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John Donne
In John Donne’s poem titled “Satire 3,” the speaker urges readers to “seek true religion.” This advice is relevant to issues of freedom of conscience in a number of different ways,...
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John Donne
Donne's poem is one of his few Holy Sonnetsthat might actually be called optimistic. In the poem, he argues, for all kinds of reasons, that death is nothing to fear. The filmed version of the play...
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John Donne
Three motifs in "The Triple Fool" are wise/wiseman, love/pain/grief, and fool. The motif of the fool may be the best for illustrating how motifs present and connect to a work's central ideas....
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John Donne
John Donne’s poetry often uses “conceits” – that is, comparisons in which the similarities between two things are explained over the course of several lines (or even multiple stanzas)...
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John Donne
To begin, one must first understand what a metaphor is (in order to identify them within the confines of a text). A metaphor is a comparison between two normally dissimilar things. The comparison...
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John Donne
I have just tried to see what I can find for you, and I must admit that I have not been able to find that much in-depth information. What I have ascertained is that John Donne and Anne More married...
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John Donne
John Donne is called metaphysical poet as his poetry reveals all the characteristics that we generally associate with metaphysical poetry. John Donne is the leading poet of metaphysical poetry. He...
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John Donne
You might like to consider turning to another despot. Kim Il Jong and the way that he has pushed North Korea into isolation with disastrous impact would be another excellent modern day political...
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John Donne
I would want to argue that the central way in which we can view "The Good Morrow" as being unique and different from Elizabethan love lyrics is through its use of conceits, or elaborate metaphors...
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John Donne
Metaphysical poetry usually refers to the works of several 17th century British poets. The most commonly known is John Donne; however, there are several others that fall into this category as...
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John Donne
Here’s how I interpret it: All human beings have lustful desires that need to be quashed. All human beings are inherently sinful, and it is only through vigilance that they avoid sin. There are...
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John Donne
It depends what you mean by a "holy message." Clearly, these two poems are both very religious in their theme and nature, and express an intimate relationship between the speaker and his God....
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John Donne
John Donne's "love lyrics" were not published until after his death. It is assumed that they were written before he married Anne More. These poems are sometimes what one would expect of a more wild...
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John Donne
Here is a modern translation of the poem "Death Be Not Proud" by John Donne: Do not be proud Death, even though some have said that you are, Powerful and frightening, because you are not,...
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John Donne
John Donne's "A Hymn to God the Father" is characteristic of the wit and passion displayed in metaphysical poetry. The poem is a prayer made by the speaker to god for forgiveness of his sins. The...
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John Donne
John Donne's poem "Aire and Angels" points out the separation between physical love of this world and that which is heavenly. This is, in fact, one of the many themes in Donne's poem: ...love and...
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John Donne
The imagery of John Donne varies throughout his writing life. In the beginning, Donne's imagery was meant as a metaphor for the satires which he wrote regarding common Elizabethan topics. These...
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John Donne
This question has been asked and answered time and time again on eNotes. Here is a comprehensive link for you: http://www.enotes.com/john-donne/q-and-a/tags/metaphysical+poetry
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John Donne
As is true of the writings of many good poets, John Donne’s imagery can be highly various and diverse. Yet Donne’s poems, far more than those of many other writers, often seem especially...
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John Donne
The phrase "metaphysical poetry" was initially used disparagingly by John Dryden (1631-1700) and Samuel Johnson (1709-84) who applied it to a group of seventeenth-century poets, whom they...