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Individual Oral Presentation International Baccalaureate E nglish A1 Francesco Sciortino Dallam School Content Choice of the topic Metaphysical poetry Why writing another poem I maginary background of the poem. ☻ John Donne (1572 - 1631) churchman famous for his spellbinding sermons. ☻ William Cowper ( /ˈkuːp ə r/ 26 November 1731 – 25 April 1800) was an English po Metaphysics is a branch of philosophy concerned with explaining the natural world. It is the study of being and reality. It asks fundamental questions such as: “Is there a God?” and “What is man’s place in the universe?” This study also includes questions of space, time, causality, existence, and possibility. . 1572-1631. Add To Your Interactive Notebook. Table of Contents. 59-60 “Death Be . N. ot . P. roud”. Words Worth Knowing. Metaphysical Poetry. : . a term applied to difficult and abstract poetry by seventeenth-century poets (Donne, Marvell); intellectual and detached. Milton’s poetry consists of the moral & religious influences of Puritanism that are blended with the generous culture of the Renaissance. It falls into four periods: 1) the college period; 2) the Horton period; 3) period of his prose writings; & 4) period of his greatest poetic achievement. ‘Ode . Metaphysical Poetry. Metaphysical Poetry. Metaphysics: the branch of philosophy that systematically investigates the nature of first principles and the problems of ultimate reality: it includes the study of being (ontology) and the study of the structure of the universe (cosmology).. Death Personified. In your . journal. , . make a list of five important things . you haven’t . said, but would say to someone if . you had . the guts/knew there would be no consequences. . You can . Metaphysics . :. branch . of philosophy concerned with explaining the natural world. It is the study of being and reality. It asks fundamental questions such as: “Is there a God?” and “What is man’s place in the universe?” This study also includes questions of space, time, causality, existence, and possibility. . An Introduction. The term . "metaphysical" refers to philosophical speculations beyond the sensory: notions such as time, God, human . nature, faith, death, love, eternity. Metaphysical Poetry. The . Holy Sonnets XI. . Donne By: Karen Lee. Background. John Donne was born in the midst of probably the largest religious upheaval in England’s history. . Born to a Catholic family after Henry VIII had moved the country into Protestantism. . & de Chirico. Timeline. Post-Impressionism .  . Metaphysical Art.  Surrealism. Starry Night. Vincent van Gogh. Post-Impressionism: 1886-1905: Mainly in France. Reaction to / rejection of Impressionist naturalistic style of depicting light and color. Senior Assistant Professor. Department of English & Other Foreign Languages,. Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapith, Varanasi. What is Metaphysical Poetry?. A new kind of poetry, known as the Metaphysical Poetry began with John Donne. The term ‘Metaphysical’ as applied to poetry was first used by Dr. Samuel Johnson who borrowed it from Dryden’s phrase for Donne: “he affects the metaphysics.”. John Donne’s poetry, which we will read today, takes up the big issued of being a human being: Love, Death, and God.. Take some time to explore your inner head and heart spaces. . Try to articulate the feelings and thoughts you have about some of these intangible yet important topics…. The Flea. What do we understand from the title of the poem?. Mark but this flea, and mark in this,   . How little that which thou . deniest. me is;   . It sucked me first, and now sucks thee,. “a term applied to the poetry of John Donne, Andrew Marvell, and other Seventeenth –century poets who wrote in a similarly difficult and abstract style. Metaphysical poetry – intellectual and detached in contrast to the Elizabethan love poetry that preceded it, distinguished by ingenious, obscure imagery , philosophical meditation, rough –sounding meter, and verbal wit” (1197)..