1. VORA HIRVA
Roll no:13
Sem:1
Year:2012-13
DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH
MAHARAJA KRISHNAKUMARSINHJI
BHAVNAGAR UNIVERSITY

2. Introduction
John Donne
• 17th century poet
• A metaphysical poet
• Themes and Motifs of poet

3. Death, Be Not Proud
• A metaphysical poem
• A sonnet – theme of Death
• A different angle of Death
• His hatred and superiority above Death

4. Ecstasy
• Physical Love and Devine Love – Union and
Theme of Love
“.. If this analogy is Donne’s own, something he
finds “for himself and not in his source,” yet if
this analogy is important to our understanding of
the poem, it also is ambiguous, - so ambiguous
infect that critics have been unable to agree even
on such basic matters figures of the simile Donne
means to compare.” – LED d’ Amore (297)

5. Conclusion
• Conflict within himself
• Resolution of problem of man
• Logical arguments
• Language: epigrammatic and colloquial

6. Thank you
• The presentation is submitted to Department
of English, Maharaja Krishnakumarsinhji,
Bhavnagar University