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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PASSING NOTES: How the Light Gets In

Commonwealth Journal 16 Jan 2019

"When it is dark enough, you can see the stars."--Ralph Waldo Emerson ... I was never encouraged to go outdoors in the winter ... In graduate school I struggled with the transcription of a single hand-written letter by the poet John Donne for most of a semester ... If I end up being John Donne, some other graduate student can deal with it. Ah, academia ... ....

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Doris Brousseau D'Asto

Elko Daily Free Press 16 Jan 2019

June 27, 1945—December 26, 2018. Junior High School teacher. Doris Brousseau D’Asto, 73, passed away on December 26th, 2018 in Elko, Nevada from complications related to Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (Lou Gehrig’s disease) ... She annually assigned her students to memorize dramatic scenes from Shakespeare and poems by John Donne ... ....

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Mourn Firefighter Who ‘Chose Danger Because He Wanted to Help Others’

The Chief 15 Jan 2019

Thousands of firefighters stood at attention outside the Good Shepherd Roman Catholic Church in Marine Park, Brooklyn, Jan. 11 as the Fire Department truck bearing the body of Firefighter Steven Pollard inched by ... ‘His Example Lives On’ ... “But what is not lost is his legacy ... He alluded to John Donne’s poem, “No Man Is an Island,” in describing Mr ... Mr ... ....

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Wolverines outlast Bobcats, finish 2-0 at SWCO Classic

Pine River Times 09 Jan 2019

17th-century English poet John Donne once wrote that no man is an island. But despite riding a strong Ocean current, a couple more stand-out efforts may have been the life-preservers the 2019 Southwest Colorado Classic's hosts-Ignacio-needed against their backyard rival Saturday, Jan. 5 ... We didn't play real well on the defensive end tonight." ... 12. ....

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COLUMN: GHALIB’S UNEXPLORED VISTAS

Dawn 06 Jan 2019

There are oceans of writing in Urdu and Persian that haven’t been translated into other languages. A slew of Indo-Persian became ‘homeless’ because of national and territorial boundaries ... Maulvi Sirajuddin did not publish Gul-i-Raana ... The beloved muse in the love lyric has a lengthy tradition, from Sappho through to William Shakespeare and John Donne....

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Leafs silence Columbus guns, win fifth straight

Toronto Sun 29 Dec 2018

Toronto’s fifth straight victory was the first of a back-to-back that pits them against the New York Islanders on Saturday, John Tavares warming up for his old team with a two-goal night ... “No man is an island,” penned English poet John Donne, but Tavares still has a lot of Long Island in him after nearly a decade with New York ... ....

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Be Local by supporting area churches

Herald-Standard 28 Dec 2018

As many area residents head to worship services this holiday season, it’s a good time to remember that churches are an important part of the local community ... This work does not go unnoticed. “People look for communities with vibrant churches,’’ said Stratton, and referred to a line by English poet John Donne, “No man is an island.’’ ... .......

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Eileen Battersby: Inquisitive and brilliant, lonely and kind

The Irish Times 26 Dec 2018

John Banville was one such; also Seamus Heaney, and the poet and critic Dennis O’Driscoll ... John F ... I was constantly badgered until I allowed her to write about John Stubbs’s biography of John Donne but grateful for her magnificent account of the poet’s life ... Gerard Smyth is a former managing editor of The Irish Times John O’Brien, publisher....

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Making Do With Fewer Belt Loops

The Courier Times 23 Dec 2018

One day not long ago, a friend and I met at a restaurant for lunch. As I removed my coat, he remarked that I had missed a belt loop on my trousers ... He said that the cheaper ones had fewer belt loops ... The difference was slight, but it was enough to relieve the boredom of a lecture on the poetry of John Donne, so the girls had grabbed at it ... ....

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Death, Patricia Holm

York News-Times 21 Dec 2018

She taught in York County and then moved to Gothenburg with her husband John ... She married John Holm in August of 1949, in 1950 they moved to Gothenburg, for John’s teaching job ... Surviving her are her children, Nancy (Donn) Loy, Judy (John) McKee, James (Starla) Holm and John “Jack” B....

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New Scotland Street Chapters 1-15

Scotsman 21 Dec 2018

Alexander McCall Smith’s latest serialised novel has begun in The Scotsman. We are publishing the first 15 chapters today, with the following chapters appearing daily from Monday. Chapter 1. The Plight of Cats in South Australia ... “I didn't hear you ... “Ah!” said Angus. “Oscar Wilde .” ... “We're all interdependent now, aren't we? John Donne redivivus?” ... ....

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Hair And Angels: A Christmas Story By Marcel Theroux

The Quietus 16 Dec 2018

So in a voice, so in a shapeless flame. Angels affect us oft… —John Donne ... Come to think of it, I suppose I had been praying ... ....

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Here’s what’s happening around town: Saturday, Dec. 15

Pittsburgh Tribune Review 15 Dec 2018

Hello, Sewickley!. Looking to take a break from all the holiday hustle and bustle. Why not take in a show? ... The story is about an English professor who has spent years studying and teaching the poetry of John Donne ... The final showtime is 7.30 p.m....