Language poets

John Donne was an English poet from the 16th century. John Donne had written several works that he became well known around his time and today’s poem readings. In three of his works, “ Valediction: Forbidding Mourning”, “Death Be not Proud”, “and Meditation 17” showed coping Mechanisms to the people reading his works. Donne’s works drew the readers into the poems and giving a person connection to the characters in the poem. In “Valediction: Forbidding Mourning” and “Death Be not Proud”

my father to be impressed with my first party and I need guests he will enjoy. Andrew’s face lights up as he tells me I should invite my father’s favorite poets, for Andrew is obsessed with poetry and tells me he can help me with the seating chart. I tell him what a brilliant idea that is. Andrew and I narrow the guest list down to twelve poets: William Cullen Bryant, John Greenleaf Whittier, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, James Russell

seduce their mistresses, who are clearly reluctant. Taking this into account, I feel that these “love poems” are more about lust than love and are more focussed on the writer’s efforts of seduction. Both poems are one sided dialogues between the poet and his mistress. They do,

14th Century Literature in Europe The 14th century consisted of many different events, which then lead to a rise in literary movements and influential writers. The writers and poets of medieval Europe created their own tropes and themes throughout the entire history of the century. 14th century literature is greatly impacted by many factors: historical, religious, aesthetic. The 14th century also contained a mass of literary movements, often times coexisting with the aforementioned factors. Historical

During the early modern period, traditional religious beliefs were challenged by new ideologies such as Calvinism. Therefore, it is arguable that '... the dominant culture of the Renaissance was (in some sense) religious' (Shugar, 1997, p. 5) and poets like John Donne and George Herbert wrote about their faith. Donne struggled finding a denomination of Christianity as ‘... he had found no institution in which his spirituality could find a home and flourish’ (Edwards, 2001, p. 231). His divine unrest

The Flea John Donne’s poems are similar in their content. They usually point out at same topics like love, lust, sex and religion; only they are dissimilar in the feelings they express. These subjects reflect the different stages of his life: the lust of his youth, the love of his married middle age, and the piety of the latter part of his life. His poem,’ The Flea’ represents the restless feeling of lust during his youthful days but it comes together with a true respect for women through the metaphysical

Often times in poetry, authors use metaphors and imagery to relate thematic elements in their writing to significant components of their personal life or general human nature. Frequently, poets use their writing as a vehicle to subtly narrate their inner struggles or personal conflicts to the audience. In the poem “The Convergence of the Twain,” author Thomas Hardy introduces the harsh relationship between human vanity and the formidable power of nature. Due to Hardy’s upbringing in rural England

ideals. While Shelley’s version of transcendence through an awareness of a concept where you have an obtainable goal and loose parameters, unlike Keats where the reader has a non-conforming idea of negative capability. Metaphysical poets have defined “The metaphysical poets exploited all knowledge—commonplace or esoteric, practical, theological, or philosophical, true or fabulous” (Abrams 43). They make poems which are complex and philosophical and abstract. They can be made up on a through whimsical

Throughout the twentieth century, many poets have written about war. They have protested against it, created propaganda in support, celebrated conflict, and questioned it. War in general tends to evoke emotion in everyone, whether it is pride in a country, grief of losing a loved one, fear of the unknown, or even happiness because of a victory. On page one of Philippa Lyon’s “Twentieth Century War Poetry”, she writes,“…much poetry has been written by individuals (both male and female) who were not

In Early modern literature, there are many pieces of literature that are written by men who talk about women in ways that objectify and try to control them because back then women were not given much agency in society. The women that are being portrayed in this type of literature about unrequited love are seen as extremely flat characters who are just the objects of affections for the narrator. This is problematic as it just portrays women as someone for the narrator of the poem to pin over although