THE METAPHYSICAL SCHOOL

THE METAPHYSICAL SCHOOL

•        John Donne- representative metaphysical poet

o   Love songs, hymns, elegies, holy sonnets

•        George Herbert

•        Richard Crashaw

•        Henry Vaughan

Characteristics of Metaphysical Poetry

•        Dazzling wordplay

•        Explicitly sexual

•        Paradox

•        Subtle argumentation

•        Surprising contrasts

•        Intricate psychological analysis

•        Striking imagery

•        Far fetched ideas.

•        Full of logic & reasoning.

•        Heterogeneous ideas are combined.

•        Theme like love is experimented like science.