John Donne

John Donne’s The Canonization

"The Canonization" celebrates the realization of ultimate bliss through love. It was written around 1603, after the death of Queen…

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John Donne’s “Break of Day”

The speaker in the poem is a woman. She wakes up in the morning with her lover. She is upset…

2 months ago

Poetry Analysis: the Sun Rising by John Donne

The poet, John Donne wrote "The Sunne Rising" poem. The poem is metaphysical. Metaphysics is the branch of philosophy that…

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John Donne’s Use of Metaphorical Conceit

John Donne uses metaphysical conceit in his poems, sermons, and passages to communicate a message to the reader. There are…

3 years ago

John Donne: Brief History, and Poems with Explanation

He was borne in Breed Street in London, 1572, In his youth wrote love poems and was successful. As an…

3 years ago

Analysis of John Donne’s poem A Valediction Forbidding Mourning

In John Donne's poem "A Valediction Forbidding Mourning," a man is saying goodbye to his significant other as he prepares…

3 years ago

John Donne’s Holy Sonnet 14

National Poetry Month is a time in which many re-visit the great poets of the past. In this time, we…

4 years ago

John Donne’s “The Sun Rising”

John Donne's "The Sun Rising" exemplifies the bliss of genuine love. Donne exhibits his characteristic style here by beginning the…

4 years ago

A Close Reading of John Donne’s Holy Sonnet 10

John Donne is well known for his use of religious topics in his poems, coupled with seemingly unthinkable metaphors and…

4 years ago

Cruel to Be Kind: An Exploration of Paradox in John Donne’s Holy Sonnet 14

Holy Sonnet 14 Batter my heart, three-personed God; for you As yet but knock, breathe, shine, and seek to mend;…

4 years ago

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