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Era · 1600 – 1690

Metaphysical Poetry

Donne, Marvell and Herbert: argument, wit and startling comparisons in poems about love, faith and death.

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Death Be Not Proud (Holy Sonnet 10)Death, be not proud, though some have called thee John Donne Sonnet No Man Is An IslandNo man is an island, John Donne The FleaMark but this flea, and mark in this, John Donne Lyric The Good-MorrowI wonder by my troth, what thou and I John Donne Lyric To His Coy MistressHad we but world enough, and time, Lyric

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