The term Metaphysical poets was coined by the critic Samuel Johnson to describe a loose group of 17th-century English poets whose work was characterised...
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Extended metaphor (redirect from Metaphysical conceit)
nothing like the sun". The 17th-century and the sometimes so-called metaphysical poets extended the notion of the elaborate metaphor; their idea of conceit...
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the metaphysical poets of the sixteenth and early seventeenth century and the poets of the late seventeenth century onward. In "The Metaphysical Poets",...
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The Flea (poem) (category Metaphysical poets)
Retrieved 28 February 2020. Poets, Academy of American. "A Brief Guide to Metaphysical Poets | Academy of American Poets". poets.org. Retrieved 8 October...
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The cavalier poets was a school of English poets of the 17th century, that came from the classes that supported King Charles I during the English Civil...
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English poetry (redirect from English poet)
of poets at this time were the Cavalier poets. The Cavalier poets wrote in a lighter, more elegant and artificial style than the Metaphysical poets. They...
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and the world. Metaphysics may also refer to: Metaphysical art, a style of painting created by Giorgio de Chirico Metaphysical poets, a type of poetry...
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simply as Song, is a poem by John Donne, one of the leading English metaphysical poets. Probably first passed round in manuscript during the final decade...
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Poets. Oxford: Heinemann. ISBN 0-435-15031-6. Greene 2012, "Metaphysical poetics"; Baldick 2015, "Metaphysical poets". Greene 2012, "Cavalier poets";...
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English literature (section Other poets)
Besides Shakespeare and Ben Jonson, the major poets of the early 17th century included the Metaphysical poets: John Donne (1572–1631), George Herbert (1593–1633)...
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