In Song‚ John Donne demonstrates the impossibility of finding the perfect femalebeing both honest and attractive‚ using metaphysical contrasts and a gentle‚ mocking tone. The poem‚ with its quiet yet bitter cynicism of women‚ reflect the underlying theme of many of Donne’s other works in which he blames the evilness of women for his pain and heartbreak. The first stanza of the poem is a list of impossible tasksall of which Donne compares to finding an honest‚ good woman. The poem begins with
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1/01/00 English John Donne John Donne was a writer with exceptional talent and had an intense feeling about all that he wrote. In the beginning of his life he was a charming man who ‚ was accepted by royalty because of his personality and writing ability. Having been employed by one of the queen’s highly regarded men ‚ he worked and associated with the high class royalty. Donne’s life and job lead him to meet and eventually marry his employer’s daughter. This couple caused scandal due
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John Donne’s Songs and Sonets include love poetry with very different attitudes towards the relationship between men and women. Four such poems‚ "The Sun Rising"‚ "Song"‚ "The Flea"‚ and "The Undertaking"‚ show very contradictory views of what love is and should be. Each of these poems give a diverse even conflicting view of love because they represent the different kinds of love a person encounters throughout their life; starting with young infatuation love‚ moving to bitter love‚ changing to physical
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Ideas and themes change according to the different times and the historical‚ social‚ cultural and personal context of the time they are written in‚ with the texts either reflecting or contrasting the ideas of that time. Death and mortality and the spiritual and emotional connections are themes that have evolved over time due to the different contexts. These themes are thematically central to John Donne’s poetry written in the 17th century and Margaret Edson’s 20th century play W;t. During the 17th
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unbridled erotic expression. The reason for this was that the flea travels around sucking blood from various people‚ or “mistresses.” Many poets expressed envy for this insect that was so free and guiltless in choosing its multiple partners. Throughout history‚ blood has been seen as a symbol of passion. The flea’s consumption of blood makes it an easy vehicle for the poet to express his or her envy over the seemingly “sexual” freedom of the insect. For example‚ the speaker says “And this‚ alas‚ is more
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John Montague and Seamus Heaney are two of the most well known Irish poets who both deal with death in different and similar ways in a variety of their poems. Two poems that relate to the theme of death are The Locket by John Montague and The Strand at Lough Beg by Seamus Heaney. Neither title gives an obvious hint of the theme however The Strand at Lough Beg tells us the specific location of the poem making the events more real whilst The Locket suggests something romantic‚ quaint and precious
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style of this poem had a strong influence on his contemporaries. "It was studied by Dr. Samuel Johnson in the 18th century‚ then by Samuel Taylor Coleridge in the 19th century‚ and had a big influence on T.S. Eliot in the 20th century amongst other poets" (1389-1390). Low did not consider John Donne a
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pentameter‚ pentameter‚ and finally ends on a hexameter line. The Rhyme scheme is divided up by lines. The first five lines are A‚ B‚ B‚ A‚ B. Lines six through ten are C‚D‚C‚D‚C. The next section‚ lines eleven through fourteen are E‚F‚F‚E. Finally the poet ends with a rhyming triplet on lines fifteen through seventeen. Another interesting aspect to the poem is that it is told in future tense instead of the present adding more drama to the words of the speaker as
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John Donne "The Apparition" In John Donne’s poem‚ "The Apparition‚" the title tells us that the poem is about a person having an epiphany. We know this because the word "apparition‚" means "to become visible" or "an epiphany." In the opening lines of the poem‚ the speaker addresses his listener as a "murdresse." He then goes on to tell her that when she "thinkst" she is "free from all solicitation from" him‚ his "ghost will come to" her bed. This tells us that the speaker is a rejected
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It takes the power of his poetic imagination for Donne to defeat death‚ whom he addresses directly in this Holy Sonnet: Death be not proud‚ though some have called thee Mighty and dreadfull‚ for‚ thou art not soe‚ For‚ those‚ whom thou think’st‚ thou dost overthrow‚ Die not‚ poore Death‚ nor yet canst thou kill mee; From rest and sleepe‚ which but thy pictures bee‚ Much pleasure‚ then from thee‚ much more must flow‚ And soonest our best men with thee doe goe‚ Rest of their bones‚ and soules
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