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METAPHYSICAL POETRY The Whole Experience of Man: Meta=beyond; Physics=science

What is a metaphysical poetry? Explores Explores Intellectual Intellectual Bold emotion Bold emotion Uses allusions—especially to philosophy Uses allusions—especially to philosophy Includes images from science, law, medicine, religion Includes images from science, law, medicine, religion Explores: love, God, Soul, Freedom, Nature of Reality; Reason for Being Explores: love, God, Soul, Freedom, Nature of Reality; Reason for Being

CHARACTERISTICS Lyric poems—brief but intense meditations Lyric poems—brief but intense meditations Striking use of wit, irony, wordplay = Striking use of wit, irony, wordplay = called METAPHYSICAL CONCEITS called METAPHYSICAL CONCEITS Argumentative and persuasive Argumentative and persuasive “affects the metaphysical and perplexes the mind” “affects the metaphysical and perplexes the mind” Written in lines of unequal and varying length and rhythms that reflect unpredictable movements of an active mind Written in lines of unequal and varying length and rhythms that reflect unpredictable movements of an active mind

METAPHYSICAL CONCEITS Especially complex and ingenious figures of speech Especially complex and ingenious figures of speech A kind of METAPHOR that makes surprising connections between two seemingly dissimilar things A kind of METAPHOR that makes surprising connections between two seemingly dissimilar things Used for an analytical and psychological investigation of love and life Used for an analytical and psychological investigation of love and life Examples: Examples: 1. A lover’s tears are newly minted coins 2. The king’s court is a bowling alley 3. Lovers are holy saints 4. Lovers as two prongs of a compass

WHO and WHEN John Donne (The Flea) John Donne (The Flea) Andrew Marvell (To His Coy Mistress) Andrew Marvell (To His Coy Mistress) George Herbert George Herbert Ben Johnson Ben Johnson Robert Herrick (To the Virgins…) Robert Herrick (To the Virgins…) ’s-1600’s 1500’s-1600’s