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Donne's Poetry

John Donne remains a wonderful poet from the 16th century, and his work is still use still in today schools. He was born in 1572 on Bread Street in London, where he and his two other siblings was raised by his mother( who is the daughter of John Heywood and a relative of Sir Thomas More) only because his father died in 1576 when he was four. Donne grew up to be a Roman Catholic church. By age eleven he was entering the university of Oxford for three years and then after attending Oxford he went to the university of Cambridge and he did not accepted a degree because he did not want to take the Oath of supremacy. According to Luminarian website at Donne throughout his life wrote plays, songs, sonnets and books for the King and queen. On March 31, 1634, Donne died leaving the world with his last writing called “ Hymn to God, My God, In My Sicknesse He is consider a very successful writer and he is still respected.
In his poem “The Sun Rising” a woman who is cheating on he...

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