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John Donne

Published on Jan 07, 2016

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

John Donne

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Question 1-2

  • John Donne
  • Born in the Theological and Political Period
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Question 3

  • Genre- Satire , Love Poetry, elegy, Sermons
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Question 4

  • Title: No Man Is An Island
  • Quote: "Any man's death diminishes me"

Question 5

  • Donne was born with Roman Catholic parents. Donne was four when his father died. At age 12 Donne matriculated at the university of oxford, where he studied for 3 years and continued the rest of his study/ education at the university of cambridge. Took no degree from either university
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Question 6

  • He started writing poems from love song lyrics and religious poetry.
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Question 7

  • The first two editions of John Donne's poems were published posthumously, in 1633 and 1635,
  • Donne also wrote songs, sonnets and prose.
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Question 8

  • Readers continue to find stimulus in his fusion of witty argument with passion, his dramatic rendering of complex states of mind, and his ability to make common words yield up rich poetic meaning.
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sources

  • Bio.com. A&E Networks Television, n.d. Web. 07 Jan. 2016.
  • "John Donne Facts." John Donne Facts. N.p., n.d. Web. 07 Jan. 2016