John Donne

dont have oneStarting in the late 16th Century and lasting throughout the 17th Century, was a form of poetry that has come to be known as Metaphysical. Though not a poetic movement in the sense of having a manifesto (as did the Romantics), these poets explored similar themes such as love and religion, approaching them in a practical yet transcendent manner. One of the greatest of these was John Donne (1572-1631). his poetry is largely concerned with the enigmatic relationship between a person’s sexuality and spirituality.

In tha canonisation, and a grace to be evoked from above.is way, the lovers’ sexual understanding is enshrined in both secular and religious memory, a union of the spiritual and sexual which has been the aim of the poem.

Love is not to be ridiculed, as in the poem’s opening; it is now a religion, martyrdom,

“The Flea” wades through them like the kiddy pool. In this clever poem Donne uses a flea, blood, and the murder of the flea as an analogy for...