These slides will help develop an understanding of John Donne's book named 'Satire'. The explanation document has been attached at the end of the slides, and reference has been provided from, the details have been gathered.

1. John Donne - Satire
Presented by:
Tayyaba Noor
Presented to:
Ms. Selina Aziz

2. Definition
Satire is the use of humour, irony,
exaggeration or ridicule to criticize the
society and its people for their stupidity and
vices. Satire is used in topics like
contemporary political and social situations.

3. A bit about John Donne…
1. John Donne is called the founder of
Metaphysical Poetry.
2.Writes about human emotions and natures’
music.
3. Conceit, metaphor and ambiguity.
4. Ben Johnson said about John Donne:
‘The first poet in the world in somethings’.

4. Satire
1. Satire is the name of John Donne’s
book.
2. Represented Donne’s inner soul.
3.Writes about everyday topics.

5. Satire I – None’s Slave
1. Fickleness.
2. Sycophancy.
3. Materialism.
4. Flesh desires.
5. Hypocrisy.
Donne’s own person representation
1. ‘Moral attitude’ (attacks on vices of society).
2. ‘Conscious about Sinning’ (knows about his own
wrongdoings).
3. ‘Studious’, (reads religious and worldly texts).

6. Satire ii
(about a lawyer named ‘Coscus’)
1. Injustice by Law.
2. Using law for personal gain.
3. ‘Lawyer’s’ lying and perjury.
4. ‘Lawyer's’ extortion for money and land.
5. ‘Lawyer’ falsifying legal documents.
Donne’s likes and dislikes
1. Dislikes those who writes love poetry.
2. Dislike those who write for the sake of fame or trend.
3. Dislikes those who copy the style of others.
4. An advocate of moderation.
5. Concerned about administration of law and justice.

7. Satire iii – On Religion
1. People scorns those who do not walk the path of
worldly gains.
2. Following false ideals.
3. Neglecting faith and morality.
4. People who believes in all ‘Churches’ (all religions)
are blind.
5. Church dictating the concepts which should be
believed by man.
Donne’s perspective
1. As Donne is talking about finding a true religion in the third
satire, this satire becomes a sermon.
2.When Donne wrote this, he himself was enjoying the life in
London and wanted to remind himself to remain true to his
Church.
3. Did not want to give in to uncertainty of religion, as he
believed that he had found the religion for himself in

8. Satire iv
1. Pride.
2. Hate speech.
3. Sycophancy.
4. Flirtation.
5. Occupation with outward appearance.
6. Immoderation.
7. Sexual immorality.
8. Rudeness.
9. Political corruption.
10. Financial distress.
11.Treachery.
12. Hollowness of character.

9. Satire IV (continued)
Donne’s Life aspects
1. Donne had a French servant.
2. He liked theatre and new theatrical plays.
3. Criticizes courtiers in royal households, and
compares them to waxy, miniature statues.
4. Donne as a knowledgeable person.

10. Satire v
1. Corruption of lawyers and judges (justice
system).
2. Lawyers exploiting law and people for their own
needs and desires.
3. Queens’ ignorance of people running the justice
system.
4. Injustice in courts.
5. Suitors greed to gain property unjustly.
Influence of Italian writers on Donne:
1.Talks about Castiglione, an Italian (Renaissance) writer.
2.Talks about Angelica, a character of Italian Romance.

11. Conclusive Points
1. Satire I-IV is a conversation between a worldly
person and a moralistic person.
2. SatireV is about legal abuse and corrupt justice
systems.

12. Second Perspective
1. Satire I: Objective-satire and Self-satire.
2. Satire II: Donne’s own fear of becoming like
‘Coscus’.
3. Satire III: Donne tries to reform himself as he
thought that he had become a worldly person by
indulging in pleasures and adventures of the world.
4. Satire IV: Donne envisions himself as a
gossiping courtier and is disgusted by that.
5. SatireV: Donne expresses his worry and
personal thoughts on corrupt legal systems.

13. Thank you, for
listening!!

14. EXPLANATION
DOCUMENT

15. Reference:
(from which the details have been gathered)
-University ofWindsor-
-Scholarship at Uwindsor-
-ElectronicTheses and DissertationsTheses,
Dissertations, and Major Papers-
1-1-1964
-The satires of John Donne-
-Henry D. Janzen-