John Donne’s Holy Sonnet 14
National Poetry Month is a time in which many re-visit the great poets of the past. In this time, we find ourselves wondering exactly what … Read more
National Poetry Month is a time in which many re-visit the great poets of the past. In this time, we find ourselves wondering exactly what … Read more
John Donne is well known for his use of religious topics in his poems, coupled with seemingly unthinkable metaphors and conceits. This is most obvious … Read more
John Donne uses metaphysical conceit in his poems, sermons, and passages to communicate a message to the reader. There are numerous examples of his use … Read more
He was borne in Breed Street in London, 1572, In his youth wrote love poems and was successful. As an old man he wrote meditations … Read more
John Donne’s “The Sun Rising” exemplifies the bliss of genuine love. Donne exhibits his characteristic style here by beginning the poem in his abrupt and … Read more
The poet, John Donne wrote “The Sunne Rising” poem. The poem is metaphysical. Metaphysics is the branch of philosophy that deals with the first principles … Read more
Holy Sonnet 14 Batter my heart, three-personed God; for you As yet but knock, breathe, shine, and seek to mend; That I may rise and … Read more
In John Donne’s poem “A Valediction Forbidding Mourning,” a man is saying goodbye to his significant other as he prepares to leave. He is attempting … Read more
The speaker in the poem is a woman. She wakes up in the morning with her lover. She is upset that he must rise and … Read more