John Donne (1572-1631), English metaphysical poet, Anglican divine, and pulpit orator, is ranked with Milton as one of the greatest English poets. He is also a supreme artist in sermons and devotional...
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John Donne 's standing as a great English poet, and one of the greatest writers of English prose, is now assured. However, it has been confirmed only in the present century. The history of Donne's rep...
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John Donne is now recognized as one of the great originals in the history of English poetry and as an equally accomplished master of English prose. The twentieth century has restored him, in fact, to ...
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Biography EssayJohn Donne's standing as a great English poet, and one of the greatest of all writers of English prose, is now assured. However, it has been confirmed only in the present century. The h...
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Metaphysical poetry demonstrates the various techniques employed to present powerful comparisons by which the reader is able to construct meaning. During the Renaissance period, the revolutionary disc...
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Since the publication of his `Songs and Sonets' in 1663, the intellectual wittiness of John Donne's love poetry has caused much speculation about the views of the poet himself. Donne took the traditio...
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Metaphysical poetry is about big issues for example, love, death, and God explored through more trivial things such as chatting up a lover and involves using metaphors to describe these issues. Metap...
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Donne and Hopkins are both poets who have written works which contain love, yet at a glance it is apparent that their poems have quite a different approach to love. Hopkins' poems reserve their love f...
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John Donne lived a life filled with love, pain, and above all; his words. Donne was one of the first to use his words to express feelings toward life, love, and questions. Donne was also a priest, al...
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Poetry of the seventeenth century is among some of the best ever written, however, there is more uncertainty when dealing with particular subjects. The topics, for the most part, are more serious and ...
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There are many literary devices at the disposal of writers that are used to emphasize ideas. In his sonnet "Death, be not proud", John Donne chooses to use personification. He personifies death in o...
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"The Broken Heart" by poet John Donne reveals the speaker's experiences and his consequent attitude towards a personified love, through his sophisticated appliances of language, imagery and form. The...
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John Donne is known for, among many things, his captivating sermons. In Donne's "Holy Sonnet XIV," his piety is met by his poetic ability. As the sonnet follows the speaker's pleas to God for guidance...
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John Donne is known as one of the best metaphysical poet. He uses metaphoric conceit in lots of his writings. Metaphoric conceit is comparing two incredibly unlike things to one another. In John Donne...
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John Donne wrote a total of nineteen sonnets he titled "The Holy Sonnets." When it came to their form, Donne very loosely followed the Petrachan style for all nineteen. In the first eight lines--the o...
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Division of the Body and Soul
John Donne's "The Funeral" and "Holy Sonnet 3" are undeniably similar in their discussions of the separation of the body and soul. Each poem deals directly with the ide...
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John Donne
John Donne
