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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Call & Post 20 Mar 2019

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Deccan Chronicle 19 Mar 2019

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Robert Fisk on Shakespeare and war

Information Clearing House 19 Mar 2019

By Robert Fisk. 03/30/07 "The Independent" -- -- Poor old Bardolph ... The Bastard's final promise in King John is simple enough. ... In almost the same year, John Donne was using equally terrifying imagery, of a "fired ship" from which "by no way / But drowning, could be rescued from the flame, / Some men leap'd forth..."....

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Weatherford Democrat 16 Mar 2019

Early bells were used to symbolize wealth, power, and influence ... Tradition holds that the Liberty Bell rang on July 8, 1776 from the tower of Independence Hall in Philadelphia to summon citizens to the first public reading of the Declaration of Independence by Colonel John Nixon ... In the famous words of John Donne, “For I am involved in mankind ... .......

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Boing Boing 15 Mar 2019

Some even contained "booby traps" to catch the unwary ... How, for instance, did John Donne and Queen Elizabeth I’s spymaster know the same letterlocking techniques? Were they passed down from a parent or from a colleague? Did certain locks imply something about the content of the letter? ... Smith points to Donne as a particularly telling example....

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Delle Donne Presents National Player of Year at St. John's

NBC Washington 13 Mar 2019

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Dispatch Argus 12 Mar 2019

What is it about an elephant that makes children of us all?. These fascinating beasts inspired the great English metaphysical poet John Donne to take time from contemplating love and life to pen a piece that declares, “Nature's great masterpiece, an elephant; the only harmless great thing.” ... "Our community has embraced them as our own ... ....

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The Advocate 10 Mar 2019

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Sunday Post 09 Mar 2019

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Call & Post 06 Mar 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 ... President John F ... “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 ... -John Donne-....

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Cullman Times 26 Feb 2019

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The Oklahoman 24 Feb 2019

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Letters: Shamima Begum has a right to redemption

The Observer 24 Feb 2019

Kenan Malik has it spot on. to resist rather than facilitate Shamima Begum’s entry into the United Kingdom would be morally repugnant (“The possibility of redemption is central to a humane society”, Comment) ... Her unborn child has done no wrong; to take liberties with John Donne’s timeless truism ... Solicitor advocate (retired) and human rights activist....