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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Messages of Faith: Piece of the Continent, a part of the main

Ellensburg Daily Record 18 Jan 2020

When I was new to faith, I attended a prayer meeting at church ... 2.7) ... Still, “the Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us” (John 1.14) ... John Donne wrote, “No man is an island / Entire of itself / Every man is a piece of the continent / A part of the main.” None of us is entire of ourselves in the Lord ... May they also be one in Us” (John 17.21)....

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Nul points for Britain in the EU revision bong contest | Fintan O’Toole

The Guardian 17 Jan 2020

Brexiters lament the fact that Big Ben will not ring for Brexit ... And Big Ben will not bong ... So at this moment of destiny the prime minister will surely adapt John Donne ... It doesn’t toll for thee....

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Nul points for Britain in the EU revision bong contest

The Observer 17 Jan 2020

There will be no chimes at midnight. Anglican vicars have declined the suggestions of Brexiters that they should ring the bells of their churches to hail the beginning of the “golden age” that, as Boris Johnson has assured us, will be inaugurated by Brexit on 31 January ... So at this moment of destiny the prime minister will surely adapt John Donne ... ....

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Big Ben may strike Brexit hour

The Telegraph India 14 Jan 2020

However, remainers in Parliament, who believe Brexit will bring untold grief to Britain, have reminded the Prime Minister of John Donne’s poem, For Whom the Bell Tolls, and his warning, “send not to know/ For whom the bell tolls,/ It tolls for thee” ... And that is expensive, so we’re looking at whether the public can fund it.” ... He added ... ....

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Sunday letters: Suleimani, impeachment, 10 worst things Trump did, and climate vs. weather

Post Independent 12 Jan 2020

Is Suleimani irreplaceable? ... No, no and no ... Fred Malo Jr ... deaths ... Spreading more hate with his rhetoric of hatred and insults to folks such as John McCain, the Kahn family and other patriots of our country ... I realize this may be hard for you provincials to get your arms around, but as John Donne would put it, Colorado isn’t an island, entire of itself ... ....

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Shouldn't we care about everybody?

Norwalk Reflector 10 Jan 2020

I was worried in general about what the repercussions might be. Then I was worried very specifically. I have a nephew who is in the military. Right now, he is stationed at Fort Drum at the northern border of New York State ... No change in plans. I was relieved ... As John Donne wrote in the 1600s, “No man is an island entire of itself; every man ... ....

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NS Recommends: new books from Ian Shircore, Richard Mabey and Alice O'Keeffe

New Statesman 07 Jan 2020

Shircore's So Brightly at the Last , Mabey's Turning the Boat for Home and O'Keeffe's On the Up ... Through figures as mixed as his poetry editor Don Paterson and John Donne, and poetic subjects such as Princess Diana, James came to believe that “a poem is any piece of writing that can’t be quoted from except out of context” ... On the Up Alice O’Keeffe....

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On The Homefront: The Myth of the Bad Seed

Portsmouth Herald 29 Dec 2019

... to advance an honest mind�� John Donne��Parents have sometimes asked me....

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BOOK REVIEW:A 13th century Persian poet sings of love

Decatur Daily 29 Dec 2019

“Rumi ... Knopf), hardcover $14.95, 222 pages ... Like the English poet John Donne, and the Italian Dante, Rumi was inspired by human and divine love, and he apparently felt no conflict between his love for God, his love for his Beloved, and his vision of his Beloved as the earthly image of God ... Inclusion, not exclusion, is its strength. Subscribe. ....

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How Kepler Invented Science Fiction and Defended His Mother in a Witchcraft Trial While Revolutionizing ...

Brainpickings 27 Dec 2019

How many revolutions does the cog of culture make before a new truth about reality catches into gear?. This essay is adapted from Figuring. This is how I picture it. ... The year is 1617 ... Johannes Kepler ... So with science ... SOMNIUM? ... By Kepler’s account, it even reached John Donne and inspired his ferocious satire of the Catholic Church, Ignatius His Conclave....

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Capitalism: dueling legacies

Korea Times 20 Dec 2019

By Alex Gratzek. One of the issues I have been writing about is the issue of capitalism in the modern world. Probably because it is the driving force in society. Whatever the answer, it's a topic that deserves to be thought of and discussed ... Today's capitalist winners face a different problem ... As the poet John Donne once said, "No man is an island." ... ....

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The five most-viewed properties of 2019 on myhome.ie

The Irish Times 16 Dec 2019

The poet John Donne may have been right in observing that no man is an island, but plenty of people wouldn’t mind living on one, judging by the five most-viewed properties on myhome.ie in 2019 ... 1794 Richard Martin (better known as Humanity Dick) leased the island to John Bodkin....

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