Two Metaphysical Poets

4 important questions on Two Metaphysical Poets

What are the characteristics of the Baroque movements?

- they relied on a powerful emotional reaction from the audience to convey their message
- they moved between religious and worldly subjects to heighten their dramatic effect
- they strongly reacted against the idealistic humanism of the 16th century by portraying human nature and society as common
- they stretched their material to its limits

What are the main characteristics of Metaphysical poetry?

- the use of vocabulary and meter of actual speech with ceasuras and enjambments
- the dramatic form of an urgent call or a heated argument
- the use of wit

John Donne - Batter my Heart

1st - door (God as conqueror)
2nd - occupied town (God compared to King)
3rd - women/maiden
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Which three ways Donne used in which he achieves the shock effect?

- strong terms
- direct adress to God
- rhytms of a living voice -> ceasura

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