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23 Φεβ 2016 · Here we’ve condensed the complete poetical works of John Donne into ten of his best-known and most celebrated poems. What is your favourite John Donne poem? And can you choose one classic Donne poem?
The poem, ‘The Ecstasy’, is a clear and coherent expression of Donne’s philosophy of love. Donne agrees with Plato that true love is spiritual. It is a union of souls. But unlike Plato, Donne does not ignore the claims of the body.
‘A Nocturnal upon St. Lucy’s Day’ by John Donne is one of the poet’s best poems about love and loss. It depicts the speaker’s grief after the death of someone he loved. This piece reflects on deep loss, possibly Donne’s own mourning of his wife, Anne.
14 Φεβ 2023 · In celebration of and the upcoming paperback publication of Super-Infinite, Katherine Rundell has curated a few of John Donne’s ‘sexiest, funniest and boldest’ poems about love. If you were forced, by some tyrannical abridging fairy, to compress Donne’s life into exactly 200 words, it might be this:
Summary. ‘Farewell to Love’ by John Donne explores love, human desire, and both of these things’ powers. In the first lines, the poet speaks about his reverence for love. He likens it to how atheists might call upon an unknown power in their final moments.
This paradox of Donne’s poetry is neatly exemplified by ‘The Ecstasy’ (sometimes the poem’s title is given as ‘The Extasie’, preserving its original Early Modern spelling), so a few words of analysis may help to elucidate what is a challenging and complex love poem.
Ian Mackean explores the wide variety of attitudes towards love depicted by the Metaphysical poet John Donne in his Songs and Sonnets.
