Alex Davis
In conclusion, John Donne's Holy Sonnet IX: If Poisonous Minerals, And If That Tree is a deeply moving and powerful poem that explores the themes of sin, redemption, and salvation. Through its rich and complex language, its vivid and powerful imagery, and its strict sonnet structure, the p...
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Most critics have read this poem as assured and irenic. Studying its deictics, however, reveals significant though often subterranean unease about salvation. In registering that response, the poem also encourages further explorations of how deixis, generally discussed only in terms of secular texts, ...
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Arthur L. Clements, Poetry of Contemplation: John Donne, George Herbert, Henry Vaughan, and the Modern Period. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1990. xvii + 306 pp. $49.50. Professor Clements' study attempts to define mystical, contemplative strain...
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Der Ruf des Autors als ‚cavalier poet‘ basiert vornehmlich auf seinen postumen Fragmenta Aurea, 1646 (Goldene Fragmente), die neben Theaterstücken und Briefen hauptsächlich seine frühklassizistischen Gedichte umfassen. Wie Thomas Carew...
John Donne fearing for his immortal soul, Gerard Manley Hopkins pleading for divine help, these are obvious examples of why such poetry exists and continues to move us as readers. Whether or not we share the beliefs of these poets, we feel what ...