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John Donne

Also known as Very Rev. John Donne

English poet and cleric (1572-1631)

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John Donne was an English poet and cleric who lived from 1572 to 1631 and is remembered for his innovative, intellectually complex poetry that broke from the conventions of his time. His work, which often explored themes of love, religion, and human connection through striking imagery and argument, continues to influence how people understand English literature and poetry.

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Born: 1572
Died: 1631
Works: 414

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An ansvvere made by one of our brethren, a secular priest, now in prison

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Type: Person
Gender: Male
Origin: United Kingdom
Active from: 1573
Active to: 1631-03-31

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Listeners: 1,231
Total plays: 10,388

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John Donne (pronounced /ˈdʌn/ "dunn"; 1572 – 31 March 1631) was an English Jacobean poet, preacher and a major representative of the metaphysical poets of the period. His works are notable for their realistic and sensual style and include sonnets, love poetry, religious poems, Latin translations, epigrams, elegies, songs, satires and sermons. His poetry is noted for its vibrancy of language and inventiveness of metaphor, especially as compared to those of his contemporaries. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/John+Donne">Read more on Last.fm</a>

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Quotes

“Though Truth and Falsehood be Near twins, yet Truth a little elder is.”
“On a huge hill, Cragged and steep, Truth stands, and hee that will Reach her, about must, and about must goe; And what the hills suddenness resists, winne so; Yet strive so, that before age, deaths twilight, Thy Soule rest, for none can worke in that night.”
“Go and catch a falling star, Get with child a mandrake root, Tell me where all past years are, Or who cleft the Devil's foot, Teach me to hear mermaids singing, Or to keep off envy's stinging, And find What wind Serves to advance an honest mind.”
“And swear No where Lives a woman true and fair. If thou find'st one, let me know, Such a pilgrimage were sweet; Yet do not, I would not go, Though at next door we might meet, Though she were true, when you met her, And last, till you write your letter, Yet she Will be False, ere I come, to two, or three.”
“I have done one braver thing Than all the Worthies did; And yet a braver thence doth spring, Which is to keep that hid.”
“But he who loveliness within Hath found, all outward loathes, For he who color loves, and skin, Loves but their oldest clothes.”

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date of birth: 1572-01-22
date of death: 1631-00-00
name in native language: John Donne
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Works in European collections

11 objects attributed to John Donne, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

The poetical works of (John) Skelton and (John) Donne : with a memoir of each, 1

Conclave Ignati: Siue Eivs In Nvperis Inferni Comitiis Inthronisatio : Vbi varia De Iesuitarum Indole, De nouo inferno creando, De Ecclesia Lunatica institue[n]da, per Satyram congesta sunt ; Accessit Et Apologia Pro Iesvitis

The poetical works of (John) Skelton and (John) Donne : with a memoir of each, 2

A declaration of that paradox that Self-homicide is not so naturally sin

Biathanatos : A declaration of that paradoxe, or thesis, That Self-homicide is not so naturally sin, that it may never be otherwise ; Wherein The Nature, and the extent of all those Sawes, which seeme to be violated by this Act, are diligently surveyed

Poems : With elegies on the author's death

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John Donne (/dʌn/ DUN; 1571 or 1572 – 31 March 1631) was an English poet, scholar, soldier and secretary born into a recusant family, who later became a cleric in the Church of England. Under royal patronage, he was made Dean of St Paul's Cathedral in London (1621–1631). He is considered the preeminent representative of the metaphysical poets. His poetical works are noted for their metaphorical and sensual style and include sonnets, love poems, religious poems, Latin translations, epigrams, elegies, songs and satires. He is also known for his sermons.

Donne's style is characterised by abrupt openings and various paradoxes, ironies and dislocations. These features, along with his frequent dramatic or everyday speech rhythms, his tense syntax and his tough eloquence, were both a reaction against the smoothness of conventional Elizabethan poetry and an adaptation into English of European baroque and mannerist techniques. His early career was marked by poetry that bore immense knowledge of English society. A theme in Donne's later poetry is the idea of true religion, something that he spent much time considering and about which he often theorised. He wrote secular poems as well as erotic and love poems. He is particularly famous for his mastery of metaphysical conceits.