Metaphysical analysis nocturnal poets

Metaphysical poetry is a writing form concerned with things beyond the physical world. Poems of this variety are deep meditations on subjects such as love, spirituality, human experience and emotion. Two metaphysical poems I am comparing and contrasting are John Donne’s ‘A nocturnall upon S. Lucies day’ and Andrew Marvell’s ‘To his Coy Mistress’. Very typically of this genre both poems are about love although in its different forms. Through analysis of these works in my opinion, ‘A nocturnall upon S. Lucies Day’ is the better poem. Although initially I found it much more challenging to interpret and understand than the other, its complexity and tragedy made it more appealing and intriguing to me.
The two writers of these poems existed in a similar period of writing. Donne was a successful priest and wrote about spirituality as well as human love. ‘A nocturnall upon S. Lucies day’ was not in line with the tones and themes of many of his other poems but rath...