1. Topic
Sweetest love by John Donne
Paper 1 The Renaissance literature
Name Devendra A Joshi
Class M.A. Sem-1
Submitted To Prof. Dilip Barad (Head of
English Dept. M. K. S. Bhavnagar
University)

2. Introduction
 Oldest arts,
 people, evokes,
 emotion and imagination,
 intense language, words of lines
 According to A.C.ward…,
“perhaps next to Whitman the greatest poet of the
last century”.

3. Biography of John Donne
 Sweet love Written John Donne
 Born in 1571, died in 1631
 Love, Nature, Death and etc..
 Many poems….
 1. The Flea,
 2. The Sun rising,
 3. The Anniversary,
 4. The Dream

4. Phonological Level
The first and for most important
level
Various elements
Alliteration, Rhyme Rhythm,
Rhyme scheme
(ababcddc)

5. Structural Level
 Grammatical Structures
 Use of Articles:- 1. a way, 2. a lost, 3. The world
 Use of Phrases:- 1.Last must part, 2. Life thou
waste, 3. Take thy part
 Use of Metaphore:- 1. Sleep
 Use of Symbols:- 1. Love, 2. Journey’s(Life and
Death), 3. Divining heart.

6. Semantic Level
The meaning of the poem
According to S. T. Coleridge
“In poetry best
words are used
in best place”.
Philosopher

7. Conclusion
Really a monologue
Indelgence
Day-dreaming
Yearing
Revolutionary poem

8. Thank you !