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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Poem of the week: The Flea by John Donne

The Guardian 09 Dec 2019

A ludicrous image of physical intimacy provides a suitor with a feeble wooing ruse – and us with sharp romantic comedy .......

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Gaston Gazette 08 Dec 2019

Many years ago, Englishman John Donne poetically wrote that “no man is an island, entire ......

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Letters to the Editor for Sunday, Dec. 8

The Daily Gazette 08 Dec 2019

Treatment plant not worthy of its award. I read the story in the Nov. 29 Gazette’s Your Niskayuna about the town of Niskayuna Wastewater Treatment Facility winning a local award and was aghast. While I am all for a better facility, this effort was far from award worthy ... Scotia ... Consider the 17th century admonition of John Donne about “tolling bells.”....

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The Conversation 06 Dec 2019

Our food, finance, and logistics systems are more vulnerable than we think ... The 25th annual United Nations climate change summit is now underway – and for the sake of the planet, it’s high time it changed its approach ... To paraphrase English poet John Donne , no country is an island when it comes to shielding itself from collapses in other countries ... ....

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The new black – Frank McNally on the unsuspected colour of the season

The Irish Times 03 Dec 2019

In the mother tongue of the former, cheerfully, this month is mí na Nollag, an excuse to start the Christmas party season early ... ... John Donne was suffering from both bereavement and sunlight deficiency when he wrote A Nocturnal Upon St Lucy’s Day, so no matter how cheerless life around him seemed, he was sure his was even bleaker. ... Poor Donne ...  . ....

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Editorial: A respite for sidewalk vendors

Sun Star 29 Nov 2019

THERE is no such thing as “forever,” especially here in Cebu. Call it what you like—being pragmatic or fatalistic—but nothing lasts. Our very own mortality is testament to that. It is especially true when applied to politics ... To paraphrase the famous English metaphysical poet John Donne, no one is an island ... Here’s his proposal ... and 2 a.m ... 1, 2019 to Jan....

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DICK YARBROUGH: Some reflections on giving thanks

Henry Herald 28 Nov 2019

I am not inclined to turn this into a “I am thankful for” column because I suspect I won’t be the only one to do so this week ... Nobody else comes close ... The English poet John Donne wrote that “no man is an island.” No one can live in isolation ... That was true when Donne penned those words some 400 years ago and it is true in today’s tweet-tweet world ... ....

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Opinion: Substance abuse isn’t just ‘their’ problem

The Oregonian 28 Nov 2019

Julie Dodge. Dodge is interim dean of the College of Health and Human Sciences at Concordia University-Portland. I am what is known in the recovery community as a “normie.”. This means that I am like most of you reading this ... As the poet John Donne wrote, “No man is an island, entire of itself… If a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less......

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Some reflections on giving thanks

The Blackshear Times 26 Nov 2019

Let’s remember to express our thanks on days other than when our mouths are stuffed with turkey parts ... Nobody else comes close ... (Think about it.) ... The English poet John Donne wrote that “no man is an island.” No one can live in isolation ... That was true when Donne penned those words some 400 years ago and it is true in today’s tweet-tweet world ... ....

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The Observer 24 Nov 2019

On the ninth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me … a gun pointing at my head ... £44, shop.mr.bingo ... The Peter Hook one is his double ... Let John Donne’s famous lines (including “Europe is the less”) toll for thy every bake instead....

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An uglier reality

Dawn 21 Nov 2019

OCT 31 has come and gone ... It is now a constitutional finality ... Their exertions remind one of Pope John Paul I’s reply to someone who asked him how many people worked in the Vatican. “Oh, only half,” he replied ... “There are too many examples of men,” the poet John Donne wrote in his Meditations (1624), “that have been their own executioners.” ... ....

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The Beaver Times 17 Nov 2019

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Make the right connect

The Hindu 16 Nov 2019

Networking is a frequently used word in the corporate world. But it’s not about the ‘how’ of networking that I am interested in today, but rather, the ‘who’. In fact, it is not even about networking, but who we connect with ... It is critical not to be guided by titles alone when we connect ... No man is an island, as John Donne succinctly put it....