john donne poems

A Poem Buried In Snow

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A POEM BURIED IN SNOW poet – Ayub Khawar In a square cottage in the middleOf a snow-covered terrainI sit wrapped in a worn-out blanket of the nightAnd there,at one corner Is placed a tray made of burnt clay On it, flickers an appalling lamp.The shrill of the sand laden Windrush through the slits of …

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At The Round Earth’s Imagin’d Corners – Poem Critical Analysis

At the round earths imagin’d corners by John Donne Fictionistic

Opening of Poem At the round earths imagin’d corners, blowYour trumpets, Angells, and arise, ariseFrom death, you nuberlesse infinitesOf soules, an to your scattred bodies goe,All whom the flood did, all fire shal o’erthrow,All whom warre, dearth, age, argues, tyrannies,Despaire, law chances hath slaine, and you whose eyes,Shall behold God, and never tast deaths woe.But …

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Twickenham Garden by John Donne – Detailed Analysis & Explanation

John Donne Poetry Biography

Critical Appreciation Twickenham Garden is a sonorous (resonant; high-sounding) and thoughtful lyric. Who has been addressed in the poem Twickenham Garden? It was most probably addressed to the Countess Lucy of Bedford for whom Donne had a profound admiration. The lyric is distinguished by highly condensed feelings of sadness. The poet is obviously in a …

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