John Donne Questions and Answers
How is Donne's life and character reflected in his metaphysical poetry?
How would you analyze John Donne's "Negative Love"? I can obtain a simple meaning from my point of view, but obviously this does not have the color or meaning that Donne would have intended, writing from the perspective of his time and the material that he used for reference for his imagery... so I am looking for an explanation that would fit with how he wrote and saw the meaning of the language that he chose in this poem.
How does the speaker use the varied imagery of the poem to reveal his attitude toward the nature of love in the poem "The Broken Heart" by John Donne?
What is metaphysical poetry? What are its characteristics?
Discuss John Donne as a religious poet.
What is an analysis of the poem "Farewell to Love"?
What is a critical analysis of John Donne as a poet of love?
How is Donne's poetry different from Elizabethan poetry?
What is a summary of "Air and Angels"?
Metaphysical Poetry
Discuss the dichotomy of the body and soul in John Donne's poems.
What were John Donne's contributions to seventeenth-century English literature as a poet and prose writer?
What are the similarities/differences between Donne's love lyrics and his religious poems?
What is the message in the poem by John Donne, "Legacy?" I can't seem to decipher it.
Is Donne an intellectual realist? Discuss Donne's selections from Grierson's Metaphysical lyrics and poems.
Compare and contrast the Elizabethan poetic tradition and metaphysical age. Use at least two poems each to justify your answer.
What are the figures of speech in John Donne's "Song: Sweetest Love"?
What is a translation of the poem "Air and Angels" by John Donne into modern day English?
How does Donne use wit and startling imagery in his poems "Batter My Heart" and "The Flea"?
What are the features of metaphysical poetry?
What are some characteristics of the imagery found in John Donne's poetry?
Describe John Donne as a metaphysical poet.
Compare and contrast "A Jet Ring Sent" and "The Triple Fool."
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What is a summary and analysis of the poem "The Dream" by John Donne?
Analyze the major themes of John Donne's poetry.
How can John Donne, as a love poet, be seen as both a rebel and a conformist? Do any of his poems, in particular, reveal this combination of traits?
What is a summary of the poem "A Lecture Upon the Shadow" by John Donne?
How many feet are in each line of "The Dream" by John Donne?
What are some common themes in the poems of John Donne? Please discuss in particular the following poems: "The Good-morrow," "The Sunne rising," "The Canonization," "The Anniversarie," "The Flea," "A Valediction Forbidding Mourning," "The Extasie," "Loves Deitie," "The Relique," "To his Mistris going to Bed," "Holy Sonnets vii ("At the round earth's"), x ("Death be not proud") , xiv ("Batter my heart"), and "Good Friday, 1613. Riding Westward."
Is John Donne a Metaphysical poet?
In “The Broken Heart” by John Donne, how does Donne use word choice/diction to show that love is an unstoppable force that causes one much sorrow and heartbreak?
Discuss metaphysical poetry in regards to John Donne.
What are the characteristics of Metaphysical Poetry as illustrated in the poetry of John Donne?
Can someone please translate the entire poem "A Valediction of My Name, in the Window" into modern day English?
How would you summarize John Donne's "Satire 3"?
Discuss John Donne as a metaphysical poet.
Compare Donne's "Air and Angels" to Shakespeare's Sonnet 18? Note the differences and similarities of both poems.
Please discuss John Donne as a love poet. Consider such poems as "Go and Catch a Falling Star," "Valediction: forbidding mourning," "The Sun Rising," and "The Cannonization"
According to the speaker of “Holy Sonnet 10,” why should Death not be proud? Explain at least three reasons that the speaker states or implies.
What are some argumentative topics to choose from in writing an essay about John Donne's poetry?
What is the NeoPlatonic concept of the link between physical love and spiritual love? Donne's suggestions on the NeoPlatonic concept pf physical and spiritual love?
Who is the best critic for John Donne's work? With regard to poetry. This question is related to know, who is the best critic who have worked on John Donne's poetry work.
Why is the poem "Dream" by John Donne a metaphysical poem?
Is there specific, in-depth information about John Donne's wife Anne More?
How are John Donne's Anglican beliefs shown in Sonnets 10 and 14?
What are the characteristics of metaphysical poetry? metaphysical poets with special reference to john donne.
How might one explain a conceit that John Donne uses in one of his poems? The conceit may involve alchemy, dropsy, elixir, or the solstice.
What is the relation between the elixir and love in "Love's Alchemy"?
What is something that can be learned from reading John Donne?
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