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John Donne

Born

in London, England

January 02, 1572

Died

March 31, 1631

Genre

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. ...more

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	The Complete English Poems 4.15 avg rating — 9,690 ratings — published 1633 — 52 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	John Donne's Poetry by John Donne, Donald R. Dickson (Editor) 4.11 avg rating — 8,164 ratings — published 1631 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Complete Poetry and Selected Prose by John Donne, Charles M. Coffin (Editor), Denis Donoghue (Introduction) 4.24 avg rating — 3,813 ratings — published 1929 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Selected Poems 4.12 avg rating — 2,153 ratings — published 1952 — 36 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Works of John Donne 4.28 avg rating — 517 ratings — published 1999 — 102 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Love Poems of John Donne by John Donne, Charles Fowkes (Editor & Contributor) 4.24 avg rating — 455 ratings — published 1958 — 45 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Holy Sonnets 4.13 avg rating — 386 ratings — published 1631 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Major Works: Including Songs and Sonnets and Sermons by John Donne, John Carey (Editor) 4.23 avg rating — 369 ratings — published 1988 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Songs and Sonets of John Donne by John Donne, Theodore Redpath (Editor) 4.15 avg rating — 328 ratings — published 1633 — 25 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions and Death's Duel: With the Life of Dr. John Donne by Izaak Walton by John Donne, Izaak Walton, Andrew Motion (Preface by) 4.20 avg rating — 317 ratings — published 1630 — 35 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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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 friend's 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 bells tolls; it tolls for thee.”
― John Donne, No man is an island – A selection from the prose

tags: community, death, isolation, mankind

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“Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail.”
― John Donne, The Poems of John Donne (Volume 1); Miscellaneous Poems (Songs and Sonnets) Elegies. Epithalamions, or Marriage Songs. Satires. Epigrams. the Progress of the Soul. Notes

tags: jail, palace, world

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“No spring nor summer beauty hath such grace as I have seen in one autumnal face."

[The Autumnal]”
― John Donne, The Complete Poetry and Selected Prose

tags: autumn, beauty, dreamy, literal, nature

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April 2021 Old School Poll

Fathers and Sons by Ivan Turgenev, 244 pages, 1862

80 votes, 33.6%

Resurrection by Leo Tolstoy, 562 pages, 1899

37 votes, 15.5%

Nana by Émile Zola, 473 pages, 1880

34 votes, 14.3%

The Bhagavad Gita by Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, 160 pages, -400

26 votes, 10.9%

Quo Vadis by Henryk Sienkiewicz, 589 pages, 1894

25 votes, 10.5%

The Major Works: Including Songs and Sonnets and Sermons by John Donne 528 pages, between 1572-1631

20 votes, 8.4%

Our Nig by Harriet E. Wilson, 176 pages, 1859

16 votes, 6.7%

238 total votes

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