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Metaphysical poets - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The metaphysical poets were a loose group of British lyric poets of the 17th century, who shared an interest in metaphysical concerns and a common way of investigating them. The label "metaphysical"...
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A brief overview of metaphysical poetry plus the phenomenal benefits of self discovery ... Equally interesting, if not more, discovering the existence of metaphysical poetry for the first time, unassisted, outside the classroom, is both phenomenal and a startling experience. Self discovery also has its rewards as evidenced...
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Metaphysical poetry Highly intellectualized poetry written chiefly in 17th-century England. Less concerned with expressing feeling than with analyzing ... Less concerned with expressing feeling than with analyzing it, Metaphysical poetry is marked by bold and ingenious conceits (e.g., metaphors drawing sometimes forced...
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The term metaphysical poetry usually refers to the works of these poets, but it can sometimes denote any poetry that discusses metaphysics, that is, the philosophy of knowledge and existence.
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Metaphysical Poetry: Defined ... By itself, metaphysical means dealing with the relationship between spirit to matter or the ultimate nature of reality. ... In love poetry, the metaphysical poets often draw on ideas from Renaissance Neo-Platonism to show the relationship between the soul and body and the union of lovers' souls...
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Verse > Anthologies > Herbert J.C. Grierson, ed. > Metaphysical Lyrics & Poems of the 17th c. ... “Metaphysical poetry, in the full sense of the term,” as Grierson writes, “is a poetry which has been inspired by a philosophical conception of the universe and the rôle assigned to the human spirit in the great drama...
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