METAPHYSICAL POETS

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METAPHYSICAL POETS

• 17TH CENTURY

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METAPHYSICAL POETS

• Metaphysical ideas, subjects abstract or
  theoretical reasoning
• Philosophical themes

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METAPHYSICAL POETS

• Rejected Elizabethan ornamental lyric poetry
  (sonnets)
• Wrote more in a manner of everyday speech
• Experimented with language in imaginative ways

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METAPHYSICAL POETSDEVICES

• METAPHYSICAL CONCEIT Extended metaphor that
  makes a surprising connection between two
  dissimilar things
• PARADOX A statement that seems contradictory but
  nevertheless reveals a truth

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CENTRAL POETS

• John Donne 1572-1631
• Andrew Marvell 1621-1678
• George Herbert 1593-1633
• Richard Crashaw 1613-1649
• Henry Vaughan 1622-1695