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Apr 2, 2014 · Famous Authors & Writers. Famous British People. John Donne, leading English poet of the Metaphysical school, is often considered the greatest loved poet in the English language. Updated: Nov...
Feb 23, 2016 · Here we’ve condensed the complete poetical works of John Donne into ten of his best-known and most celebrated poems. What is your favourite John Donne poem? And can you choose one classic Donne poem? 1. ‘ The Flea ‘. Mark but this flea, and mark in this, How little that which thou deniest me is; It sucked me first, and now sucks thee,
John Donne was a renowned English poet of the metaphysical school, scholar, soldier, and secretary who lived in the late 16th to the early 17th century. Donne’s poems are celebrated for their intellectual and emotional qualities, tied with expertly executed language and imagery.
Oct 3, 2022 · A courtier and priest who was born in 1572 and lived in London at the same time as Shakespeare, Donne was highly regarded as a poet in his lifetime, even though he never published a book of poems.
Best known for his vivacious, compelling style and thorough examination of mortal paradox, John Donne died in London on March 31, 1631. John Donne - The poet John Donne is known as the founder of the Metaphysical Poets, which included George Herbert and Andrew Marvell, among others.
Donne’s devotional lyrics, especially the “Holy Sonnets,” “Good Friday 1613, Riding Westward,” and the hymns, passionately explore his love for God, sometimes through sexual metaphors, and depict his doubts, fears, and sense of spiritual unworthiness. None of them shows him spiritually at peace.
(excerpt) AN ANATOMY OF THE WORLD. Wherein, by occasion of the untimely death of Mistress. Elizabeth Drury, the frailty and the decay. of this whole world is represented. THE FIRST ANNIVERSARY. When that rich soul which to her heaven is gone, Whom all do celebrate, who know they have one. (For who is sure he hath a soul, unless.
