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John Donne (Batter my heart; Sonnet 14 (This traditional form and style,…
John Donne
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About John Donne
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Donne also wrote translations, epigrams, elegies, satires, among others.
Donne’s poetry introduced a more personal tone in the poems and a particular poetic metre, which resembles natural speech.
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His poems are known for their vibrant language, powerful images, abrupt openings and paradoxes.
He also spent a short time in prison because he married his wife, Anne More, without permission.
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He was an English poet, lawyer, and Cleric.
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Historical context
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Some call it anti-courtly but Donne artistically shows the interdependence of body and spirit in his poems.
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In the poem 'To His Mistress Going to Bed', Donne's wish is to undress his lover, something a courtly poet would never risk doing.