by admin | Oct 23, 2020 | Metaphysical poetry
John Donne (1572-1631) was an English poet and cleric in the Church of England. He was a metaphysical poet famous for his songs, poems, and sonnets. From his collection of love poems, one is “Sweetest love, I do not goe”. In this poem or song, he addressed his wife...
by admin | May 12, 2020 | Metaphysical poetry
Samuel Johnson has written in Lives of the most eminent English Poets that in the beginning of the 17th Century there “appeared a race of writers that may be termed the metaphysical poets”. Metaphysical poets were known for the use of conceits. If we...
by admin | Mar 8, 2020 | Metaphysical poetry
This is a poem written by one of the greatest poets in the history of English literature. This poem has been written by John Donne who was regarded as the pioneer in the field of metaphysical Poetry. He was arguably one of the renowned poet in the history of...
by admin | Sep 5, 2019 | Metaphysical poetry, Uncategorized
“The Flea” is one of the most celebrated poems written by John Donne. The poet is famous for writing metaphysical poetry. To understand this form of poetry we will have to understand the farfetched imagery which the poet uses in his poems. In the current poem the...
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