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| John Donne was an English poet, essayists and sermonist.
He was educated at Oxford and Cambridge and also studied law in London.
Donne had a very bright future, but his secret marriage proved disastrous
in relation to the prospects he had been preparing himself for. He
was a born Catholic who later joined the established Church. His life
can be divided into three phases. The first, of passion and cynicism,
the second--baffled attempts to solve the problems created out of
his marriage and the third one, 'conversion' symbolized by ordination,
where he found future Dr Donne, able to function efficiently and confidently. |
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John Donne's individuality has been heavily stressed in the 20th century.
Both, his poetry and prose are rarely seen in purely aesthetic terms, products
of a difficult life lived at a difficult time. He was termed metaphysical
poet by Samuel Johnson saying "metaphysical poets were men of learning,
and to show learning was their whole endeavor.
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