THE METAPHYSICAL SCHOOL
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John Donne- representative metaphysical
poet
o Love songs, hymns, elegies, holy sonnets
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George Herbert
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Richard Crashaw
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Henry Vaughan
Characteristics
of Metaphysical Poetry
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Dazzling wordplay
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Explicitly sexual
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Paradox
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Subtle argumentation
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Surprising contrasts
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Intricate psychological analysis
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Striking imagery
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Far fetched ideas.
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Full of logic & reasoning.
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Heterogeneous ideas are combined.
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Theme like love is experimented like
science.
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