John Donne

John Donne (/ˈdʌn/ DUN) (22 January 1572 – 31 March 1631) was an English poet and a cleric in the Church of England. He is considered the pre-eminent representative of the metaphysical poets. His works are noted for their strong, sensual style and include sonnets, love poems, religious poems, Latin translations, epigrams, elegies, songs, satires and sermons. His poetry is noted for its vibrancy of language and inventiveness of metaphor, especially compared to that of his contemporaries. Donne's style is characterised by abrupt openings and various paradoxes, ironies and dislocations. These features, along with his frequent dramatic or everyday speech rhythms, his tense syntax and his tough eloquence, were both a reaction against the smoothness of conventional Elizabethan poetry and an adaptation into English of European baroque and mannerist techniques. His early career was marked by poetry that bore immense knowledge of English society and he met that knowledge with sharp criticism. Another important theme in Donne's poetry is the idea of true religion, something that he spent much time considering and about which he often theorized. He wrote secular poems as well as erotic and love poems. He is particularly famous for his mastery of metaphysical conceits.

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A Modest Defence of the Missionary Position

Quillette 06 Jun 2019

Shakespeare’s contemporary, John Donne, though he became Dean of St ... / Nothing else is.” The opening two lines to the final stanza of Donne’s poem “The Sun Rising” are perfectly balanced in their meter and meaning ... The setting of Donne’s short poem is immensely private....

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Why it's important to find your UAE 'tribe'

The National 01 Jun 2019

It takes a village to raise a child, says the oft-quoted African proverb. “No man is an island, entire of itself,” wrote English author John Donne ... As we abandoned a nomadic way of life, those tribes morphed into villages ... But, increasingly, I am realising that John Donne was onto something – human beings are supposed to exist as part of a tribe ... ....

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Briones: The importance of community

Sun Star 01 Jun 2019

NO MAN is an island. It’s a catchphrase many of you are familiar with ... So it’s not the best definition but hey, the gist is there ... You see, metaphysical poet John Donne wrote this as a reminder that being selfish--because, come on, that’s what being an island is all about, right?—is not good for the soul ... Donne was born in 1572 in London, England....

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A rare volume of poems by John Donne could be exported abroad for sale unless a British buyer is willing to pay £466,000 to keep it in the UK

This is Money 29 May 2019

John Donne, one of the best known poets of the Stuart period. A rare manuscript of poems by John Donne could be lost to the nation unless a ......

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The Daily Mail 29 May 2019

John Donne, one of the best known poets of the Stuart period. A rare manuscript of poems by John Donne could be lost to the nation unless a British buyer stumps up £466,000....

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Help Save America-Help Save The World

Call & Post 29 May 2019

“There is no greater love than to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.” John 15.13 ... “And ye shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free.” John 8.32 ... “There is no greater love than to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.” John 15.13 ... ”John 8.32 ... ”John 8.32 ... President Trump brought that very significant truth to light, echoing John Donne....

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My score at being a good neighbor now stands at 0-3

Tooele Transcript Bulletin 23 May 2019

A quick text to, and a reply from, my friend John Gossett, president of the Life’s Worth Living Foundation, and I was ready to go on ... I didn’t know her, but I remember reading the poem “For Whom the Bell Tolls,” by John Donne in high school ... I read with sadness of John Beagley’s death last month....

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Letter: Losing lives and opportunity

Quad-City Times 21 May 2019

John Donne's famous quotation, "Therefore [ask not] for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee," deserves fresh consideration. Not only when a death occurs do we lose a precious life. Think of the talented young people (also known as ... ....

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Poem of the week: Twickenham Garden by John Donne

The Observer 20 May 2019

Was John Donne (1572-1631) aware that spiders secrete acidic digestive juices over their prey before eating it? His image of “the spider Love” that can “convert manna to gall” in the second stanza of this week’s poem suggests he might have been ... The garden probably belonged to Donne’s patron and friend, Lucy, Countess of Bedford....

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Continuing challenge to democracy

Taipei Times 20 May 2019

After decade upon decade of struggle to overcome the Chinese Nationalist Party’s (KMT) one-party state, martial law and the White Terror era, Taiwanese finally won the right to freely elect their own government. They won democracy ... In short, the colonizer of the world is rejecting the words of its famous metaphysical poet John Donne, who said ... ....

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Create your own supportive community of zebras

The News-Enterprise 20 May 2019

The concept of community is as old as creation itself ... This whole idea reminds me of a movie my son and I recently watched ... Donald Crowhurst would have done well, as would every other man, to pay head to the words of John Donne, “No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main ... Dr. T.J ... ....

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Lalin's Column: Vehicle check point shooting- Was it necessary?

Asian Tribune 20 May 2019

News Comments. //. On 11 May 2019 with a state of emergency declared 34 year old Chamara Ranasinghe, married with a young family, was shot and killed when he allegedly attempted to evade a vehicle check at Hunupitiya in Wattala. He was an innocent man ... There were few murmurs even in the media ... Is it? ... It tolls for thee” (John Donne) ... He was lucky ... ....

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A woman of influence: Mary Papazian drawn to SJSU by innovation in Silicon Valley

Business Journal 18 May 2019

Editor's note. The Silicon Valley Business Journal is honoring 100 Women of Influence on May 16 for their impact on their professions and in their community. This is a profile of one of the women being recognized ... The inspiration for Mary Papazian’s career came in part from the works of poets John Milton and John Donne ... “I found these works… ... ....