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最近章节：John Donne Selected Poems-9
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johndonne(1572-1631)wasthemostoutstandingoftheenglishmetaphysicalpoetsandachurchmanfamousforhisspellbindingsermons.donnespoetryembracesawiderangeofsecularandreligioussubjects.hewrotecynicalverseaboutinconstancy,poemsabouttruelove,neoplatoniclyricsonthemysticalunionofloverssoulsandbodiesandbrilliantsatiresandhymnsdepictinghisownspiritualstruggles.thetwoanniversaries-ananatomyoftheworld(1611)andoftheprogressofthesoul(1612)--areelegiesfor15-year-oldelizabethdrury.whateverthesubject,donnespoemsrevealthesamecharacteristicsthattypifiedtheworkofthemetaphysicalpoets:dazzlingwordplay,oftenexplicitlysexual;paradox;subtleargumentation;surprisingcontrasts;intricatepsychologicalanalysis;andstrikingimageryselectedfromnontraditionalareassuchaslaw,physiology,scholasticphilosophy,andmathematics.obsessedwiththeideaofdeath,donnepreachedwhatwascalledhisownfuneralsermon,deathsdueljustafewweeksbeforehediedinlondononmarch31,1631.
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