John Donne

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born

January 12, 1572 in London, The United Kingdom

died

March 31, 1631

gender

male

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Poetry, Romance, Religion & Spirituality

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John Donne was an English 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 that of his contemporaries.
Despite his great education and poetic talents, he lived in poverty for several years, relying heavily on wealthy friends. In 1615 he became an Anglican priest and, in 1621, was appointed the Dean of St Paul's Cathedral in London.

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Average rating: 4.16 · 6,598 ratings · 291 reviews · 98 distinct works

	The Complete English Poems by John Donne, A.J. Smith 4.14 avg rating — 1,887 ratings — published 1922 — 48 editions	My rating:
	John Donne's Poetry by John Donne, Donald R. Dickson (Editor) 4.13 avg rating — 1,843 ratings — published 1634 — 38 editions	My rating:
	The Complete Poetry and Selected Prose by John Donne, Charles M. Coffin (Editor), Denis Donoghue (Introduction) 4.28 avg rating — 793 ratings — published 1929 — 7 editions	My rating:
	Selected Poems by John Donne, Dover Thrift Editions 4.09 avg rating — 336 ratings — published 1950 — 35 editions	My rating:
	The Love Poems by John Donne, Charles Fowkes (Editor & Contributor) 4.29 avg rating — 146 ratings — published 1958 — 21 editions	My rating:
	The Works of John Donne 4.35 avg rating — 109 ratings — published 1999 — 12 editions	My rating:
	Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions and Death's Duel by John Donne, Izaak Walton, Andrew Motion (Preface by) 4.32 avg rating — 78 ratings — published 1959 — 8 editions	My rating:
	John Donne - The Major Works: Including Songs and Sonnets and Sermons by John Donne, John Carey (Editor) 4.22 avg rating — 82 ratings — published 1988 — 6 editions	My rating:
	Metaphysical Poetry: An Anthology by John Donne (Editor), George Herbert, Andrew Marvell 4.00 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 2002	My rating:
	Holy Sonnets 4.64 avg rating — 22 ratings	My rating:

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“Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail.”
― John Donne, The Poems of John Donne; Miscellaneous Poems (Songs and Sonnets) Elegies. Epithalamions, or Marriage Songs. Satires. Epigrams. the Progress of

tags: jail , palace , world

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“No man is an island, entire of itself
every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main
if a clod be washed away by the sea,
Europe is the less, as well as if a promontory were,
as well as if a manor of thy friends or of thine own were
any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind
and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls
it tolls for thee.”
― John Donne

tags: connectedness , for-whom-the-bell-tolls , inspirational , interdependence , no-man-is-an-island

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“No spring nor summer beauty hath such grace
As i have seen in one autumnal face.”
― John Donne

tags: autumn , beauty , dreamy , literal , nature

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