Metaphysical Imagery in the Works of John Donne
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Metaphysical poetry is a blend of passionate feelings and paradoxical style. John Donne is believed to be one of the best of metaphysical poets. There are many examples of metaphysical imagery in the works of John Donne. The metaphysical imagery of John Donne will be brought into view by the examples he used throughout his poetry.
Donne begins "A Valediction Forbidding Mourning" by indicating a preference for their departure to be unobtrusive, to be as
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Joan. Five Metaphysical Poets. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1964. Hughes, Richard. The Progress of the Soul. New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc., 1968. Richards, Bernard. English Poetry of the Victorian Period. New York: Longman, Inc., 1988. Rosenthal, M.L. Exploring Poetry. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1955. Roston, Murray. The Soul of Wit. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1974. Stein, Arnold. John Donne's Lyrics. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1962. White, H.C. The Metaphysical Poets. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1936.