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The phrase “No man is an island (unto himself)” has percolated into popular parlance, and the suggestive thought of man’s interconnectedness overruling the dictum of his individuality (or even insularity) is hardly a new thought for us. But in the Elizabethan age when John Donne had composed the meditation “No Man Is An Island”, the… Continue reading No Man is an Island Meaning, Summary and Analysis by John Donne

“Death Be Not Proud” is one of the more critically acclaimed and discussed “Holy Sonnets” composed by the presiding poet of The Metaphysical School, John Donne. In vein with the contemporary discourse of the eternity of heaven as propounded in Christian theology, the poet confers upon the personified figure of Death a very personal “blow”,… Continue reading Death Be Not Proud Analysis and Summary by John Donne

John Donne is one of the most celebrated poets of English language belonging to the metaphysical school of thought. “The Good Morrow” is one of his best poems which has been awarded with some magnificent traits of metaphysical poetry by the poet making it a jolting as well as well as an enthralling read. Donne… Continue reading The Good Morrow Analysis by John Donne as a Metaphysical Poem