The Canonization by John Donne Love is true and pure‚ a divine experience‚ a way to live more and to surpass even death. It is a sublime fantasy that is real and better than the material world. Love is life’s paradox. This is the idea that John Donne is expressing in the poem The Canonization. It is a reply as well as a declaration that the poet makes to the world- a world that treats lovers harshly. He scorns the worldly‚ he questions the inquisitive‚ he proves the myths true‚ he places his love
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“The Canonization” by John Donne Define canonize. 1 to declare (a deceased person) an officially recognized saint 2 to make canonical 3 to sanction by ecclesiastical authority 4 to attribute authoritative sanction or approval to 5 to treat as illustrious‚ preeminent‚ or sacred 6 Don’t know 1. How many steps? 5steps. 2. What does it mean to be beatified? to give a dead person a title of honor for being very good and holy Stanza 1 1 Presumably‚ what has been said to the speaker
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POETRY ANALYSIS A Study of “The Canonization” Poetry is a unique way of expressing one’s feelings. My favorite poems are those that capture an essence of my own feelings. It is nice to be able to relate your feelings to a poem when you can’t really put things into your own words. John Donne’s poem “The Canonization” really speaks to me. Donne uses several poetic techniques to make this poem both memorable and enjoyable. John Donne was born in London in 1572. In 1601 he secretly
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JOHN DONNE‚ we sometimes forget‚ was an Elizabethan. Scholars do well to warn us against over-simplifying the pattern of literary change into a simple succession ofmovements and ’reactions’‚ and to remind us that in periods of heightened vitality developments in different directions often exist side by side.1 By no means all of what we now consider typically Elizabethan poetry was in existence when Donne began to write. It remains true‚ nevertheless‚ that Donne chose to do something different
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John Donne Poetry Essay The metaphysical poets were segregated in the seventeenth century to form a new and distinct style of poetry that employed immaculate wit‚ complex metaphors and luminous imagery. John Donne’s poetry is no exception to the form and thematic volume of the metaphysicals. Donne explores ideas in a manner which some readers find confronting and enlightening through relentless use of metaphysical conceits and his direct address to an individual or god. Donne confronts and enlightens
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The Power of John Donne’s Poetry Louis Hunt John Carey’s description of Donne’s “power” is laudable‚ and to a certain extent‚ accurate. Carey captures the masculine nature of Donne’s tone; the vividness of Donne’s imagery; the subtle coercion of Donne’s metaphor. Carey also notes Donne’s application of syntax and rhythms‚ writing that Donne’s words‚ “are packed into the poems like boulders… Inversions and interjections fracture the run of the lines‚ necessitating a strenuous advance.” Carey
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Furnish AP Literature Mrs. Hendricks November 1‚ 2012 Literary Analysis of John Donne This examination of John Donne’s metaphysical poetry includes analysis of Donne’s use of topic‚ structure‚ scansion‚ style and theme. John Donne is known as one of the best writers of metaphysical poetry‚ a genre of poetry that is characterized specifically by themes of knowledge‚ intellect‚ and having a somewhat unrecognizable meter or rhyme. Metaphysical poetry forsakes pure and genial nature of other Elizabethan poets
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lies is that‚ in poetry‚ all facts and all beliefs cease to be true or false and become interesting possibilities…It may not‚ perhaps‚ be absolutely necessary that he believe it‚ but it is certainly necessary that his emotions be deeply involved‚ and this they can never be unless‚ as a man‚ he takes it more seriously than as a mere poetic convenience.” It is Donne’s sensibility and his personal experiences which are revealed with a vibrancy of language in his love and religious poetry that make him
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the paradox inherent in the title of the poem "The Canonization" by John Donne? Let us remember that the speaker of this poem appears to be addressing a cynic of love‚ who is arguing that the speaker’s love for his beloved is harmful or at least damaging to himself. Thus it is that the title of the poem refers to the way that the speaker and his beloved can become "canonised" or be made saints through the way that their love is expressed in poetry. Consider how the penultimate stanza of this excellent
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John Donne is the name in English Literature who gave new direction to the literary activities of his age. He is in a sense founded the metaphysical lyric‚ which was practiced by scare of writers. As Dowden says‚ “We are told that in the decline of the greater poetry of the Elizabethan period‚ a metaphysical school arose and that John Donne was the founder or the first eminent member of this school.” John Donne set up a new tradition in versification by and large Donne must be regarded as an original
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