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  • Essay / Poetry: Donne's Metaphysical Work - 1167

    Donne is innocentAs William Wordsworth so eloquently said: “Poetry is the first and the last of all knowledge – it is as immortal as the heart of the 'man ". Its themes are life's simplest experiences: sorrow and joy, love and hatred, peace and war. Yet they are also the most daring formations, the most complex classifications and studies of reason if the poet is able to introduce sensations into these poems, transforming them into passionate experiences through vivid and moving images. For uncertain or inexperienced readers who are unprepared for understatement and niceties, Donne's poetry acts as an effective recruiting tool. Such readers must be grabbed by the shoulders and shaken by the drudgery of Donne's metaphysical conceits in order to truly delight in the style and theme of a poem. Donne's wacky analogies that challenge ordinary logic are enjoyable to readers, much like solving a difficult puzzle. While other poets may charm or touch hearts with their simple pleasure, Donne is a poet who truly teaches and delights through the work he gives to his reader. His style delights readers who solve his riddle and are inducted into a secret society of theme and meaning. If his dazzling and extravagance are not reserved for the uninitiated, because his work requires some research (cosmology, cartography, contemporary politics, law, logic, physiology, etc.), his poetry is united by a sense of urgency of mind and spirit. Although Ben Johnson predicted that Donne's poetry would perish for lack of "understanding," it is precisely this desire that results from his use of metaphysics that allows him to teach effectively and delight his audiences. In TS Eliot's support of the metaphysical poets, he emphasized "Our civilization comprises great variety and complexity...... middle of paper ...... as current and surprising as those of the formulation. Give experiences rhythmic effect as he does with conceits and words The thought in his poetry is not the primary concern but the feeling It is this very feeling, a pleasure in his conceits and a new understanding of this. which vanity expresses and teaches, which he successfully conveys to his readers The central theme of his poetry is his own intense personal dispositions, as a lover, friend, psychoanalyst of his own experiences, worldly and religious Poetry. classical cannot unify these experiences; it is John Donne's use of metaphysics that allows him to present his poetry as a whole experience and show feelings as they are. This technique proves that he succeeds no. only to teach and delight audiences, but it achieves both so effectively that they have the capacity to profoundly affect readers..