John Donne,being famous for his use of metaphysical metaphors,is one of the most successful poets of the 17th century English.His metaphysical poem“A Valediction:Forbidding Mourning”plays a significant role during t...John Donne,being famous for his use of metaphysical metaphors,is one of the most successful poets of the 17th century English.His metaphysical poem“A Valediction:Forbidding Mourning”plays a significant role during the Renaissance.In his poems,the compass is compared to lovers,which becomes the classic love metaphor.This essay aims to analyze the discrepancy between the death at the beginning and the love’s constancylater,and how John Donne illustrates two groups of contrast:spiritual love and physical love,temporal love and eternal love.展开更多
John Donne(1572-1631),the forefather of English Metaphysical poetry,is one of the most influential poets of the Renaissance.This essay ventures into Donne’s love poems"A Valediction:Forbidding Mourning"and&...John Donne(1572-1631),the forefather of English Metaphysical poetry,is one of the most influential poets of the Renaissance.This essay ventures into Donne’s love poems"A Valediction:Forbidding Mourning"and"The Flea"and comes out convinced that the poems abounds in conceits,taking the"compass"and"flea"as examples.The studies of his conceit help to promote understanding of John Donne from a fresh perspective and provide the readers with a larger space for the recreation.展开更多
John Donne is a representative of 17th century English metaphysical poets.Donne's poetry embraces a wide range of secular and religious subjects.His poetry is full of philosophical metaphor,and quick thinking acti...John Donne is a representative of 17th century English metaphysical poets.Donne's poetry embraces a wide range of secular and religious subjects.His poetry is full of philosophical metaphor,and quick thinking activities are lively and strong passions-love passion and the passion of religious integration,which created a new harmony.Reading Donne's poetry is like participating in a mental game,only use our brains in order to catch up with speeding on the poet's imagination,his exquisite taste of the speculation.The Flea is one of representative works by John Donne.A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning is the most famous works of Donne's works.Both "The Flea" and "A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning" are famous love poems by John Donne.The two poems have something in common and something different.Although the two poems are similar and also different to each other,they both set their own situation properly and impressively.展开更多
文摘John Donne,being famous for his use of metaphysical metaphors,is one of the most successful poets of the 17th century English.His metaphysical poem“A Valediction:Forbidding Mourning”plays a significant role during the Renaissance.In his poems,the compass is compared to lovers,which becomes the classic love metaphor.This essay aims to analyze the discrepancy between the death at the beginning and the love’s constancylater,and how John Donne illustrates two groups of contrast:spiritual love and physical love,temporal love and eternal love.
文摘John Donne(1572-1631),the forefather of English Metaphysical poetry,is one of the most influential poets of the Renaissance.This essay ventures into Donne’s love poems"A Valediction:Forbidding Mourning"and"The Flea"and comes out convinced that the poems abounds in conceits,taking the"compass"and"flea"as examples.The studies of his conceit help to promote understanding of John Donne from a fresh perspective and provide the readers with a larger space for the recreation.
文摘John Donne is a representative of 17th century English metaphysical poets.Donne's poetry embraces a wide range of secular and religious subjects.His poetry is full of philosophical metaphor,and quick thinking activities are lively and strong passions-love passion and the passion of religious integration,which created a new harmony.Reading Donne's poetry is like participating in a mental game,only use our brains in order to catch up with speeding on the poet's imagination,his exquisite taste of the speculation.The Flea is one of representative works by John Donne.A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning is the most famous works of Donne's works.Both "The Flea" and "A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning" are famous love poems by John Donne.The two poems have something in common and something different.Although the two poems are similar and also different to each other,they both set their own situation properly and impressively.
