ASHVIN DABHI ROLL NO :- 11 M.A. PART :- 1 YEAR :- 2011

CONCEPT OF LOVE IN

JOHN DONNE’S POETRY

The metaphysical poetry (a group of poets).

He wrote a different types of poetry (love, adventure) Images : geographical , geometrical , agricultural etc.

He uses a compass and two parallel lines.

He addresses his lover as the Rising Sun.

The love of lover’s more powerful than the sun.

The world of lover’s is different.

“The Flea” is an ideal example of love.

His lover feels his advance love as a sin, an act of shame and loss of maidenhood .

He symbolizes the flea as the strongest element of his Love than Marriage.