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John Donne was a 17th century English poet known for breaking away from traditional poetic forms and conventions. As a leader of the Metaphysical poets, Donne incorporated ingenious conceits and intellectual wit into his poetry. While his unconventional style was initially met with ambivalence, Donne influenced later poets and is now regarded as pre-eminent among the Metaphysical poets for bringing a more personal tone to poetry.
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(1) The document discusses Andrew Marvell's metaphysical style of writing from the 17th century.
(2) Metaphysical poems have abrupt beginnings, use everyday language, imaginative comparisons called conceits, and present arguments.
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John donne and the metaphysical
- 1. John Donne and the Metaphysical Tyrone Kennedy
- 2. An Unusual Character • A member of the Protestant clergy but known for his sensual and erotic writing. • Liked the ladies but often showed cynical contempt towards them.
- 3. Goe and Catch a Falling Starre If thou be'st born to strange sights, Things invisible to see, Ride ten thousand days and nights, Till age snow white hairs on thee, Thou, when thou return'st, wilt tell me, All strange wonders that befell thee, And swear, No where Lives a woman true and fair.
- 4. Batter My Heart • …“Except you'enthrall me, • Healthy never shall be free, appetite for Nor ever chaste, except you life and its ravish me”… pleasures
- 5. What is Metaphysical Poetry? • Highly intellectual and philosophical • Intensive use of ingenious conceits • Turns of wit
- 6. Metaphysical Conceit • Extended/Exaggerated metaphor • Two vastly different images combined • Go to greater depths of comparison
- 7. Leader of the Pack
- 8. • Moves away from Petrarchan tradition used by Shakespeare and Spenser • Revolts against clichéd comparisons
- 9. A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning …“If they be two, they are two so As stiff twin compasses are two ; Thy soul, the fix'd foot, makes no show To move, but doth, if th' other do”….
- 10. The Canonization • …“And by these hymns, all shall approve Us canonized for love”…
- 11. The Sunne Rising • Reader held to one line of argument • Eccentric chains of reasoning
- 12. The Flea • Unified sensibility: combination of thinking and feeling • The use of wit to persuade
- 13. Immediate Reaction • Metaphysical poetry met with ambivalence • Regarded as an abuse of the metaphor
- 14. Nobody Likes Change • Shift from “Donne, for not keeping of classical forms to accent, deserved hanging” more personal Ben Johnson poetry • Jagged rhythms resembling casual speech
- 15. Poetic Metre • Represented a shift from classical forms to more personal poetry • Changing and jagged rhythms closely resemble casual speech
- 16. However…In Time “I remember being appalled when someone criticised me for beginning just like John Donne but not quite managing to finish like John Donne, and I felt the weight of English literature on me at that point.” Sylvia Plath, 1962
- 17. Personal Poetry • Youth: love poetry and satires • Later years: religious poetry and sermons
- 18. Legacy
- 19. Summary • Broke away from Petrarchan ideals • Pre-eminent representative of metaphysical poetry • Influenced those that followed