"The Definition of Love" is a seventeenth-century British metaphysical poem by Andrew Marvell. It exemplifies a number of characteristics associated with metaphysical poetry, as it is 1) witty, 2) highly cerebral, 3) of mixed tone, being comic yet serious, 4) prone to the use of paradox...
and the sublime with the commonplace may also render a poem difficult.Herbert's wit is often distinguished as `homely', sometimes as `quaint' and it does at times suggest simply the play of an ingenious fancy. In his best works it has imaginative intensity and the effect of surprise.Dr....