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    Mourning"‚ by John Donne‚ the speaker is consoling his lover who is mournful of the speaker’s imminent departure. The speaker is saying that since they have stronger than ordinary love for one another‚ their love will endure the separation. Donne uses metaphysical conceits and comparative imagery to illustrate the crux of the poem. The speaker is reassuring his lover by reminding her of how great their love is; it transcends the physical and therefore will overcome whatever obstacle is set on their path

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    Biography of John Donne John Donne was an English poet‚ satirist‚ lawyer and priest. He is considered the pre-eminent representative of the metaphysical poets. His works are noted for their strong‚ sensual style and include sonnets‚ love poetry‚ religious poems‚ Latin translations‚ epigrams‚ elegies‚ songs‚ satires and sermons. His poetry is noted for its vibrancy of language and inventiveness of metaphor‚ especially compared to that of his contemporaries. Donne’s style is characterised by abrupt

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    eternity” (Marvell 22-24). By personifying time‚ he shows its passing and how it results in death. Marvell‚ born in the 17th century‚ was one of the most prevalent metaphysical poets of his time. Metaphysical poetry was characterized by “bold and ingenious conceits‚ incongruous imagery‚ complexity and subtlety of thought” (“Metaphysical Poetry”). In other words he wrote about what he thought about love and religion in a paradoxical manner.

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    John Donne was a poet of XVI century. As a poet‚ he often wrote about love‚ influence by the stages of his life. He is often referred to as the chief of Metaphysical poetry‚ a specific type of writing. John’s life was tormented‚ and this can be felt within his writing. His life as a poet can be divided into three defined stages. Those stages represent the change of personality and his mind growth‚ and his growth as an individual and as a lover. The first stage‚ characterized him as a wild child

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    George Herbert (3 April 1593 – 1 March 1633) was a Welsh-born English poet‚ orator and Anglican priest. Herbert’s poetry is associated with the writings of the metaphysical poets‚ and he is recognized as "a pivotal figure: enormously popular‚ deeply and broadly influential‚ and arguably the most skillful and important British devotional lyricist."[ George Herbert as a Religious poet George Herbert as a Religious poet George Herbert is considered as a religious poet because of the subject matter

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    contracted thus ;     Thine age asks ease‚ and since thy duties be     To warm the world‚ that’s done in warming us. Shine here to us‚ and thou art everywhere ; This bed thy center is‚ these walls thy sphere. John Donne: a metaphysical poet. The metaphysical poet and clergyman John Donne was one of the most influential poets of the Renaissance. He was born London in 1572 to a prosperous Roman Catholic family during a time when anti-Catholic sentiment was rising in England. His father

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    CONCERNS IN OTHER POEMS IN YOUR SELECTION. John Donne is renowned for his metaphysical poetry‚ and his poem ‘The Good Morrow’ is no exception. It is a prime example of one of Donne’s metaphysical poems as it contains many of the characteristics that commonly appear in his other poems of this sort of verse‚ such as realistic setting‚ and a theme that follows the development of a being from the physical to the metaphysical. The poems main point of discussion‚ and in turn‚ transcending from physical

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    Thesis Statement Essay on Andrew Marvell’s „To his Coy Mistress“ As we are all mortal‚ the only things in life that really matter‚ are our sexual desires. The mortality of human beings has always been an outstanding topic in metaphysical poetry (Negri: 56). Life fades away after a certain period of time and constrains everyone’s life to a definite period. Nevertheless‚ this topic does also bring up other questions‚ concerning this subject. Andrew Marvell’s “To his Coy Mistress” lays emphasis

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    ASSIGNMENT#1 USE OF MOTIFS IN JOHN DONNE’S POETRY John Donne uses a number of motifs‚ geographical and geometrical shapes‚ and discoveries etc. as metaphysical conceits in his poetry. Sometimes these are used to express his intensity of love‚ while sometimes these are used to compare and ultimately prove the superiority of his love. The different motifs used by John Donne are discussed below with references from his various poems. Donne’s fascination with spheres can be understood by reading

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    of implicit and explicit connections to John Donne’s metaphysical poetry are illuminated through the characterisation of Vivian Bearing as she lives through Donne. John Donne has been abducted to the sterilized academic world of ‘publish or perish’‚ along with the myriad central values of enduring themes that engulf the audience due to their prevailing ability to transcend contextual barriers. The connections shared between Donne’s metaphysical poetry and Edson’s play Wit‚ occupies more than the

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