John Donne

allowed for development of one’s personal understanding of the universe through metaphorical devices. By associating the subject or theme to the universe effectively enhances it to a greater scale, drawing focus to a poet 's underlying message. In John Donne’s sonnet “The Good-Morrow,” the speaker relates love to a microcosm of the universe. The poem is an expression of love through physical and spiritual metaphors and images depicting an infallible love. Through Donne’s delivery of paradoxical…

John Donne’s “Lovers’ Infiniteness” is a part of “Songs of Ourselves Volume 2, Part 1”, which is an anthology based on the themes of love and family. This poem consists of 3 stanzas each consisting of 11 verses. With the use of metaphors, imagery and partial rhymes, John Donne’s poem depicts a forlorn lover, who believes that one must love wholeheartedly, with nothing left behind for yourself. The first stanza’s first two verses depict an immature, greedy lover, who demands everything for…

new feeling to this topic of death, three poems in particular that really help us overcome the fear of death that of “I heard a Fly buzz” and “Because I could not stop for Death” both by Emily Dickinson also “Holy Sonnets: Death, be not proud” by John Donne. Yet other than the beautiful content of these poems we also need to note what makes a poem good, and the three main points that simply breakdown poems would be theme,wording, and meaning. Now let it begin the analysis of these poems. The…

The references to the occupied town, the captive reason, the engagement to the enemy, and the imprisonment of God all evoke an image of being enslaved to a higher power, therefore creating an overtone of control and power. However, though usually associated with a negative connotation, this extended idea of imprisonment creates a sense of liberation and relief. The speaker's revelation, that through the captivity of God he may attain freedom, paints a religious picture of the loving power of…

In three literary works above talking about the same topic, that is DEATH. The word death in Because I Could Not For Death interprets as positive thing which refers to respect and reverence. It indicates from the word kindly and civility in poem. Dickinson in her poem in the first line of the first stanza states that she could not stop for the death. It means that she has no choice when she will die. Everyone will die but in different times and different ways. Death is not described as…

The holy sonnet ‘Since she whom I loved’ by John Donne paints God as a domineering and punitive lord who manipulates human life for self-satisfaction. The poem’s rhetorician is conflicted between his physical and spiritual love. Such a struggle creates tension between his sense of loss and hope that the decease of his lover was requisite for God’s plan. Nonetheless, an ambiguity penetrates the poem, suggestive of a subtle yearning. A tension infiltrates the poem whereby the speaker…

Andrew Marvell and Description of Garden of Earthy Delights in his Poems Andrew Marvell is a British poet who lived in 17th century. His poems cover a wide variety of themes: from the love to politics and nature’s role in people’s lives. Marvell often used exalted topics/ However, he chooses different approaches compared to other famous poets like William Wordsworth who was born and worked hundred years after Marvell’s death. The last author often covered metaphysical motifs like his experience…

“Where did the handsome beloved go?” is a poem written in 13th century Persia by Sufi poet Jalal Al-Din Rumi. This 26-line free verse couplet poem follows no rhyming scheme. The tones throughout this poem are somber, loving, yearning, and religious. It follows Rumi in his search for someone he misses greatly. He looks everywhere he knows and ask many people if they’ve seen him. We realize at the end that this beloved of his is Shams Tabriz his spiritual instructor that has died. Jalal…

receives comfort and gratification from looking at his past, however with all his mistakes looking back at him. Longfellow hopes to achieve his goals with his remaining time, but is fully aware of death coming nearer and nearer with each passing day. John Keats’ “When I have fears that I may cease to be” is a English sonnet that forms three quatrains and a closing couplet. It’s main theme is death with it expressing the…

Poetry is often written with some hidden meaning within the poems themselves, this meaning often coming in multiple layers of depth, in order to suggest or prompt an ideology, value, or action to an audience. Such cases often being seen in English Romantic Period poems and novels; these works of literature often having themes about the power and beauty of nature and how humans are just a small part of a bigger picture created by god. Though some authors take it to a step beyond such themes; an…