1. NAME:
Solanki Binita M.
Roll No:
06
Subject:
The Renaissance Literature.
Topic:
Characteristic in metaphysical poem by John Donne.
Submit:
Dr. Dilip Barad.

2. JOHN DONNE
1572-1631

3. SOME POETS OF METAPHSICAL POEM.
JOHN DONNE (1572-1631)
GEORGE HERBERT (1593-1633)
ANDREW MARVELL (1621-1678)
ABRAHAM COWLEY (1618-1667)
JOHN HALL (C.1627-1656)

4. A Group of poets emerged in the beginning of the 17th century, in the age of Milton
and Jacobean age which tried to write poetry in together different way and their poetry
Came to known as the ‘Metaphysical poetry’.
USE IMAGES DIFFERENT FILED LIKE:
• SCIENCE.
• AGRICULTRE.
• GOMETREY.
JHON DONNE lead the metaphysical poem and he speaks of the soul and the
Spiritual love but not of the body and physical love.

5. SOME METAPHSICAL POEM’S EXAMPLE BY JOHN DONNE
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THE DREAM.
THE SUN RISING.
HOLY SONNET X.DEATH,BE NOT PROUD.
THE ANNIVERSARY.
THE FLEA.
SONG-SWEETEST LOVE,I DO NOT GO.
THE ECSTACY.

6. Characteristics of Metaphysical Poem use by John Donne:
“The Dream” : ‘Lightening’, ‘Torch’, ‘Mixture’, etc.
“The Ecstacy”: ‘pregnant bank’, ‘pill on a bed’, mixture of things’, ‘transplant’,
‘prince in prison’, etc.
“A valediction Forbidding Mourning”: in this poem john Donne compare
his wife to a compass.