The complete English poems
Material type: TextSeries: Penguin classics.; Penguin English poetsPublication details: New York : Penguin Books 1986Description: 679 pagesISBN: 9780140422092; 0140422099, Subject(s): English poetry -- 17th centuryDDC classification: 821Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Songs and sonnets --
Elegies --
Epithalamions or marriage songs --
Epigrams --
Satires --
The progress of the soul --
Verse letters --
Epicedes and obsequies upon the deaths of sundry personages --
The anniversaries --
Divine poems.
It has been argued that no poet has been more wilfully contradictory than John Donne, whose works forge unforgettable connections between extremes of passion and mental energy. From satire to tender elegy, from sacred devotion to lust, he conveys an astonishing range of emotions and poetic moods.
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