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Regarded by many as the greatest of the Metaphysical poets, John Donne (1572-1631) was also among the most intriguing figures of the Elizabethan age. A sensualist who composed erotic and playful love poetry in his youth, he was raised a Catholic but later became one of the most admired Protestant preachers of his time. The Selected Poems reflects this wide diversity, and includes his youthful Songs and Sonnets, epigrams, elegies, letters, satires, and the profoundly moving Divine Poems composed towards the end of his life. From joyful poems such as 'The Flea', which transforms the image of a louse into something marvellous, to the intimate and intense Holy Sonnets, Donne breathed new vigour into poetry by drawing lucid and often startling metaphors from the world in which he lived. His poems remain among the most passionate, profound and spiritual in the English language.
Unintentional #bookhaul from a thrift store nearby. Has anyone read any of these?
EmilymdxnI studied John Donne at school and some of his poems are so beautiful! The religious lyrics like Death Be Not Proud are sad but really powerful, his love poetry varies amazingly from really silly to really romantic7y
Lcsmcat@Emilymdxn I love Donne‘s poems too. Death Be Not Proud was my introduction to him in high school, but I‘ve kept reading him. I love these Gramercy editions - I have the Frost one also.7y
EmilymdxnI still only have my battered penguin classic covered with my school notes! I don‘t tend to have more than one copy of a book cause of space constraints- maybe I‘ll get another one when that one breaks7y
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