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John Donne 15721631 Religious Conflict - Catholicism vs. Church of England A Secret Marriage - Anne More Success - Dean of St. Paul's Cathedral A Modern Individual - private man vs. demands of the world Metaphysical Poetry - intellectual, concerned with philosophy Conceits - extended comparisons linking objects not commonly connected Paradoxes - appear self-contradictory but reveal a deeper truth Donne's life and poetry seem to fall neatly into two contradictory parts. The young Jack Donne wrote clever love poems for aristocrats. As the older Dr. John Donne, the most popular preacher in England, he published popular meditations and sermons. We will read several of his poems and one particularly famous meditation. a man of contradiction and conflict

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Page 1: John Donne - English with Mrs. Cottoncottonenglish.weebly.com/uploads/1/9/7/1/19711205/john_donne.pdf · Donne's lifeandpoetry seem to fallneatly into two contradictory parts. The

John Donne15721631

Religious Conflict - Catholicism vs. Church of England

A Secret Marriage - Anne More

Success - Dean of St. Paul's Cathedral

A Modern Individual - private man vs. demands of the world

Metaphysical Poetry - intellectual, concerned with philosophy

Conceits - extended comparisons linking objects not commonly connected

Paradoxes - appear self-contradictory but reveal a deeper truth

Donne's life and poetry seem to fall neatly intotwo contradictory parts. The young Jack Donnewrote clever love poems for aristocrats. As theolder Dr. John Donne, the most popularpreacher in England, he published popularmeditations and sermons. We will read severalof his poems and one particularly famousmeditation.

a man of contradiction and conflict

The Rhetorical strategies of John Donne's "Roly Sonnets" Noreen

The Romantic Period - English with Mrs. Cottoncottonenglish.weebly.com/uploads/1/9/7/1/19711205/intro... · 1971. 12. 5. · The Romantic Period 1798-1832. The Monarchy • George

Edgar Allan Poe - English with Mrs. Cottoncottonenglish.weebly.com/uploads/1/9/7/1/19711205/cask...EDGAR ALLAN POE 59 to doubt my good-will. I continued, as was my wont, to smile in

catarina.udlap.mxcatarina.udlap.mx/u_dl_a/acervos/mcc/volumen_01/1947_08_27.pdf · in one Of John Donne's poems. It is fantasy involving American expatriates in a -mythical Mexican

MAPS AND VOYAGES IN JOHN DONNE'S POETRY334 Religion, Literature and the Arts Project perish on the shore", implicitly merging a classical image of crossing the Styx, and the Christian

Othello Act II - English with Mrs. Cottoncottonenglish.weebly.com/uploads/1/9/7/1/19711205/othello_act_ii-2... · Othello Act II scene iii A few hours later, a party begins. Whom

ethan frome ch 5-9 - English with Mrs. Cottoncottonenglish.weebly.com/uploads/1/9/7/1/19711205/ethan_frome_ch_5-9.pdfDec 05, 1971 · Chapter 5 • Ethan and Mattie spend their evening

OGlossary Part IV - Springer978-1-349-13… · · 2017-08-23pleasing and memorable; pleasing because readers enjoy the pattern of sounds, and mem ... In these four lines from Donne's

Donne's Sense of Disunity

John Donne's Use of Proverbs in His Poetry

chaucer - English with Mrs. Cottoncottonenglish.weebly.com/.../1/19711205/wife_of_bath_rdg.pdfTitle chaucer Author Aleecia Cotton Created Date 9/8/2015 6:50:37 PM