What is another word for John Donne?

Pronunciation: [d͡ʒˈɒn dˈɒn] (IPA)

John Donne (1572-1631) was a prominent metaphysical poet in the 17th century. He is renowned for his love poetry, satires, and religious works that blend wit, passion, and emotion. Synonyms for John Donne include the Father of Metaphysical Poetry, the Poet of Love and Death, the Master of Erotic Wit, and the Divine Poet. Donne's unique style and mastery of language have made him a significant figure in English literature. His work has since influenced countless poets and writers, and he continues to be studied and admired by readers around the world.

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Famous quotes with John donne

  • You should read in your own field only when you're young. When I was 8, 10, 12, 16, 25, I read science fiction. But then I went on to Alexander Pope and John Donne and Moliere to mix it up.
    Ray Bradbury
  • [Kenneth Patchen] has a real, but disorganized, self-indulgent, but rather commonplace talent. This is not Mr. Patchen’s opinion of himself. (Nor is it that of William Carlos Williams, who almost invents a new language, a kind of system of emotional nonsense syllables, in his effort to praise Mr. Patchen properly. For instance, Mr. Patchen is “a hawk on the grave of John Donne.” I should have called him a parrot on the stones of half a cemetery.)
    Randall Jarrell
  • I have heard it said, by the way, that Donne's intolerable defect of ear grew out of his own baptismal name, when harnessed to his own surname -- John Donne. No man, it was said, who had listened to this hideous jingle from childish years, could fail to have his genius for discord, and the abominable in sound, improved to the utmost.
    John Donne
  • A human being without the proper empathy or feeling is the same as an android built so as to lack it, either by design or mistake. We mean, basically, someone who does not care about the fate which his fellow living creatures fall victim to; he stands detached, a spectator, acting out by his indifference John Donne's theorem that "No man is an island," but giving that theorem a twist: that which is a mental and a moral island is not a man.
    Philip K. Dick

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