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    The opening statement of John Donnes Meditation IV sets a disposition for the whole article. ..Except God‚ Man is a diminutive to nothing (Donne 23) is saying man is bigger than the world; excluding the fact that God conquers and controls all. Man is in control of his own life‚ but God controls his fate. It is also stating that the world is nothing in comparison to man and is not as complex. Donnes numerous comparisons between human anatomy and nature shows how mans complexity overcomes the world

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    The broken heart is a love poem .In this poem John Donne has a broken heart and he embodies his suffering in a various dramatic ways. As he wants to show us that the grief in love is much more than any other kinds of griefs in life. In the title of the poem John Donne depicts his heart as somethig material such as a broken mirror or glass. So he pointes out that when someone’s heart is broken ‚ it makes his life miserable and can not be able to fall in love any more. He also describes how

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    Sir Andrew John Wiles is a British mathematician born on April 11th‚ 1953. He is a Royal society Research Professor who specializes in number theory at Oxford University. He’s known for proving Fermat’s Last Theorem. Sir Wiles’ Life Story Andrew John Wiles was born on April 11th‚ 1953 to parents Maurice Frank Wiles‚ a Regius Professor of Divinity at Oxford University‚ and Patricia Wiles. He was born in Cambridge‚ England and went to King’s College and The Leys School. Wiles graduated from

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    Donne seems to consciously ignore conventional measures of rhyme and meter and poetic beauty. His language is direct and like a conversation instead of a typical verse‚ in which his verse is full of dissonance. Critics of John Donne ’s "The Sun Rising" often note that the poem ’s displacement of the outside world in favor of two lovers ’ inner world serves to support its overall theme‚ which is the centrality of human love through a permanent physical universe (Otto). However‚ critics have stated

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    matters reaching radical and unconventional highs. It is through his great variety of emotion and passion that Donne explores‚ arguably‚ his most consistent theme of love itself. “The Sunne Rising”‚ “The Ecstasy”‚ “A Valediction of Forbidding Mourning” and “Air and Angels” are four poems which contrast on various levels but still link on common ground in their ideas and techniques to which Donne uses to portray a passionate yet sometimes cynical outlook on love. Donne’s insight into the agony of love

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    In Meditation 17 by John Donne‚ he has the view that everyone is connected in some way. He uses the point that if someone dies it will have a chain effect even if not everyone knew that person. Donne has some very interesting points in Meditation 17. He compares us to a continent; “Every man is a part of the continent‚ a part of the main.” (Meditation 17 John Donne) In a way this is very logical. If you think about it we influence everyone we come in contact with. If you are older‚ little kids or

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    2013 ENG 210 The Flea by John Donne- Analysis In John Donne’s poem‚ The Flea‚ an extended metaphor of a flea is utilized to persuade a woman‚ a woman whom the speaker lusts after‚ to sacrifice her purity and her innocence to him. We learn of the speaker’s intentions through the first person voice of a young man. The speaker ventures to persuade his lover to spare the life of both herself and of the flea in the line‚ “ /O stay‚ three lives in one flea spare/ ” (Donne 10) - the three lives representing

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    the Finale? Death has always been an intriguing topic in literature. Writers have been confounded by the idea of death and the unknown afterlife for centuries. Some people believe death is the end of all things because nothing can withstand it. In John Donne’s poem‚ “Death‚ be not proud‚” the poet explains his personal understanding of death and its permanence. This poem is a narrative sonnet. Although this sonnet follows the rhyme scheme of an Italian sonnet (abba cddc effe gg)‚ it also has the

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    Valediction: Forbidding Mourning‚" by John Donne explores love through the ideas of assurance and separation. Donne uses vivid imagery to impart his moral themes on his audience. A truer‚ more refined love‚ Donne explains comes from a connection at the mind‚ the joining of two souls as one. Physical presence is irrelevant if a true marriage of the minds has occurred‚ joining a pair of lovers’ souls eternally. In order to describe the form which Donne gives to true love he chooses to create

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    From your study of the poetry of John Donne‚ why do you think he is considered worthy of the study for HSC students today? The work of John Donne is complex poetic techniques that explore the spiritual‚ religious and metaphysical qualities of love. Different interpretations of his various types of literature can enlighten anyone on the subject of a physical love in contrast to a Petrarchan approach to love. These ideas and concepts can be seen in his poems “Batter my heart‚ three person’d God”

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