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- A Musical Analysis of Benjamin Britten's "O Might These Sighes and Teares"Examine the original musical techniques employed by Britten in his setting of John Donne's "O Might These Sighes and Teares" from his song cycle "The Holy Sonnets of John Donne."
- A Profile of Poet John DonneThis is a profile on the poet, John Donne. He was a metaphysical poet who contributed a lot to the art of poetry.
What Poet John Donne Can Teach Us About RelationshipsIf John Donne were alive today I bet he would give great relationship advice. Here are some things we can learn from John Donne's poetry and use in our own relationships.
John Donne's Poem, "The Good Morrow"It's a poem of a very intimate moment, but how long will it last? John Donne explores new love in the poem, "The Good Morrow"- Analysis of John Donne's "Holy Sonnets #1"As a child, John Donne was persecuted for being a Catholic in a country that was predominately Protestant. He was distantly related to Sir Thomas More, who was a "great Catholic humanist and martyr" (1260). Donne's religious
John Donne Poetry - Intellectual Audio PoemsThe famous poet John Donne was a contemporary of Shakespeare and best loved for his imaginative metaphors, which broke the norms of his day. This collection of audio poems by John Donne requires no download to be enjoyed.
Poetry Analysis: the Broken Heart, by John DonneWas this poem used to elicit sympathy from the beloved that denied him love? The poem consist of two significant caesuras. The poems imagery includes the black plague, gun powder flask, fish of prey, empty room and shattered mirror.
Poetry Analysis: "The Indifferent" by John DonneAccording to the poet, this poem presents a fact of life: persons who will insist on being "true" in their love-sex relationships are destined to be so in all cases to persons who will repay their constancy with falseness.
John Donne's PoetryThat Donne was a man torn between the worldly (the enjoyment of the flesh) and the spiritual really shows in his poems.
John Donne: The Man Behind His PoemsA look at the metaphysical poet John Donne, one of the most influential poets of the Renaissance: his life, his religion and his works.- John Donne's "The Sun Rising"Analysis of John Donne's "The Sun Rising"
- John Donne's Holy Sonnet 14A short synopsis of John Donne (Doctor Donne) and his 14th Holy Sonnet.
- Paradoxical Balances in John Donne's, SonnetAn Analysis of of Donne's ability to balance seemingly opposing situations, in both his structure and style, in his poem.
- Does Perfect Love Exist? A Closer Look at John Donne's PoetryIn two of his poems "Go Catch A Falling Star" and "Air and Angels" Donne discusses his thoughts on love.
- John Donne's Use of Metaphorical ConceitJohn Donne uses metaphysical conceit in his works to communicate a message to the reader. There are numerous examples of his use of metaphors as well his conveyance of ideas through imagery and alternate ways of thought.
Love's FollyLove's Folly: Desiderius Erasmus, "Praise of Folly," and John Donne, "Satyre I"- John Donne's "Break of Day"An analysis of the poem Break of Day by John Donne.
- John Donne as a Religious PoetJohn Donne's anguish at his sinfulness, his feelings of unworthiness of God's grace, his penitential and supplicatory prayer, and his anxious soul doubtfully hoping for grace and salvation - these sum up Donne's attitude as a religious poet.
- Wolf, Be Not LoudThe wolf always seems to get the worst of it in the end. And, thus, a sonnet-ode to him, the would-be devourer of pigs, goats, and sheep in the immortal style of metaphysical poet John Donne (1572-1631).
- John Donne's "Death,Be Not Proud"Poetry analysis of John Donne's "Death,Be not Proud"
- John Donne's The CanonizationA review of John Donne's "The Canonization."
- John Donne's A Valediction: Forbidden MourningA simple love poem, some might say, but John Donne's "A Valediction: Forbidden Mourning" is much more than a simple love poem.
- Similarities and Differences in John Donne and George Herbert's PoetryIn Donne's Holy Sonnet 14, I found some rather interesting things, especially when I consider how they relate to and are different from Herbert's Love (3), another poem.
- John Donne: Brief History, and Poems with ExplanationHis life forever Effected Literature.
- A Literary Analysis of John Donne's Love Poem Break of DayIn John Donne's "Break of Day" the speaker compares love to the elements of day and night.
- Cruel to Be Kind: An Exploration of Paradox in John Donne's Holy Sonnet 14John Donne's Sonnet 14 is a primal scream for help from a lost soul, with violent and shocking imagery.
- Seventeeth-Century Pillow Talk: A Review of John Donne's The Good-MorrowJohn Donne's poem "The Good-Morrow" builds an intimate moment between two lovers.
- Analysis of John Donne's poem A Valediction Forbidding MourningIn John Donne’s poem “A Valediction Forbidding Mourning,” a man is saying goodbye to his significant other as he prepares to leave.
- A Close Reading of John Donne's Holy Sonnet 10There is much more that meets the eye with Donne, take for example the rape imagry in his "Holy Sonnet 10"
