Analysis Of John Donne's Influence On Metaphysical Poetry

John Donne is renowned in the world of poetry as the leading influence in metaphysical poetry. His works including sonnets, love poems, religious poems, sermons, and so forth are characterised by their strong, sensual style, which may be seen as contradictory to the stereotypes of Donne’s job; a churchman. Many of Donne’s poems contain metaphysical conceits and thoughtful reasoning to guide the readers into an in-depth understanding of the speaker’s emotional state. These conceits are elaborate, fanciful metaphors, which are extended and unconventional, widely used by metaphysical poets. John Donne’s influence on metaphysical poets was the talent in creating unusual connections between different elements to paint his point and embed unique arguments in his poems. The characteristics of conceits are clearly shown in his famous poem “A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning” where the conceits are linked to the theme of physical and spiritual connections.
Through the usage of conceits in “A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning”, Donne describes the parting with his beloved as a …show more content…
Although this parting may be as hard as facing the deaths of familiar faces, the souls (parting) must be let go of. This particular conceit is able to distinguish the hardship of this departure from other ones.
The third stanza is needed to be understood in order to understand the upcoming fourth stanza. The third stanza differentiates from disruptions in Earth and those in other spheres (possibly heaven as Donne is religious). Earthquakes cause men to “reckon what it did, and meant”. In contrast, trepidations of other spheres are much greater yet “innocent” (As we are not able to sense them). This is based on the Ptolemaic system where Earth is the centre of the