The Flea is one of the most original and classic love poems of John Donne. It is also one of the most popular poems of John Donne. In this poem, conceit is used as an instrument of expression to enrich the meaning of the poem...

The most striking feature of Donne's poetry is precisely its tang of reality, in the sense that it seems to reflect life in a real rather than a poetical world. ‘Metaphysical Poetry’ is commonly used to name the work of the 17th-century ...

In John Donne’s poem “A Valediction Forbidding Mourning,” a man is saying goodbye to his significant other as he prepares to leave. He is attempting to soften the blow of their separation by using etaphysical conceits...