John Donne

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    John Donne as a Metaphysical Poet

    metaphysical. Originally the term ‘ Metaphysical Poetry ’ was coined by John Dryden and later popularised by Samuel Johnson and the features of the school which unite the various authors are quite numerous. As well as making widespread use of conceit, paradox and punning, the metaphysical poets drew their imagery from all sources of knowledge particularly from science, theology, geography and philosophy. However, John Donne is the founder of the school of metaphysical poetry and the other practitioners

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    John Donne

    British literature 26 March 26, 2015 Expectations of John Donne The Indifferent (Rough Draft) In John Donne’s The Indifferent there are many ways that the poem can be broken down, there are also many different audience members that this poem could be speaking to. John Donne is writing to a specific audience to get his point across. Though many people have a clue who the poem refers to, I have come to realize that it is regarding women. John Donne exhorts to women that there are things in which he

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    John Donne Notes

    John Donne In Modern Culture * Famous lines “Ask not for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.” Inspired the title and opening lines of Hemmingway’s For Whom the Bell Tols * His poem “A Fever” mentioned in the novel The Silence of the Lambs * Van Morrison pays Donne tribute in his song “A Rave on John Donne” * A major part of the plot line in “Howl’s Moving Castle” is based off of “Song: Go and Catch a Falling Star”, as is Neil Gaiman’s novel Stardust * “Batter My Heart”

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    Metaphysical Poetry

    ABSTRACT John Donne is acknowledged as the master of metaphysical poetry and is admired for his talent and magnificent wit exercised in his writing. Metaphysical poetry is a special branch of poetry that deals with the pedagogic use of intellect and emotion in a harmonic manner. The basic praxis of metaphysical poetry is to highlight the philosophical view of nature and its ambience concerning human life. Despite criticisms from various corners, Donne and his other companions remained busy

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    A Valediction Forbidding Mourning

    John Donne, a seventeenth-century English poet, was born in London in 1572 and known for his ingenuous style of writing (Bloom 10). According to Christopher Moore, an English writer, Donne’ poetry is colloquial in diction and has the flexibility and liveliness of spoken language which imparts an energy and force perfectly capturing his mercurial jumps in thought and description; his poetry is filled with unusual images and metaphor for the fact most of it deals with love and relations between the

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    Donne and W; T

    Through the comparative study of John Donne's poetry and Margaret Edson's play W;t we are shown the individual context of both writers and their perspectives on relationships and death. Donne represents his assurance of life after death in his Holy Sonnets. Additional to this in his earlier poetry, his valuing of deep relationship being critical to the human experience is reflected by his renaissance belief. Edson's individual post-modern context is apparent in the appropriation and rewriting of

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    Compare / Contrast Essay

    Issa Haddad Jason Sebacher ENGL102 27 November 2012 Compare/Contrast Essay In Dylan Thomas', “Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night”, he entreats his father to not succumb quietly to death. He uses the metaphor, "the dying of the light" (3) to illustrate that he feels death to be a destructive power seeking to put out the "light" which is the human life force. That he feels this destruction should not be passively accepted is first shown when he states, "old age should burn and rave at the close

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    Brit Lit

    British Lit / Test Two Review Essay Questions 1. The genre of “The Fairie Queen” is a romantic epic. Epic poetry is the highest form of poetry; long and episodic. It is a narrative that contains many adventures, a central character, journey to hell, gods and goddesses, and it starts in the middle (in medias res). The Fairie Queen is allegorical of the Protestant Reformation. It contains many biblical allusions supporting the Protestant faith and criticizing Catholicism. It is written in Spenserian

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    Death, Be Not Proud

    Death, Be Not Proud “Death, Be Not Proud” is a nonfiction sonnet written by John Donne, in which the speaker takes on Death, claiming it to be boastful and proud unjustifiably. The speaker takes a stand against the oppressive nature of Death, and asserts that a greater effect can take place through the use of simple human means, such as “poppies, or charms.” In fact, Donne ultimately claims that death has no real effect, and could conceivably be a relief, as we will “wake eternally.” He alleges

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    Language

    Pier’s Plowman by William Langland The wit remains too: in his last poem, written when he was dying, he bargains with God about forgiving his sins, punning in the last lines on his name: "And, having done that, Thou hast done:/I fear no more. – JOHN Donne "the proper study of mankind is man", -Alexander Pope Dryden did for English poetry what Augustus had done for the city of Rome—"he found it brick and left it marble." – Dr Johnson "the contemporary l.iterature of France was characterised

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