JOHN DONNE - A METAPHYSICAL POET: A REVIEW OF A NEXUS BETWEEN THE HUMAN MIND AND THE MATTER IN HIS SELECT POEMS

Abstract

As John Donne is known as the father of Metaphysical school of poetry, the researcher finds Donne’s work fascinating and something different from his contemporary writers with this topic the researcher also wants to put focus and put light on the importance and uniqueness of his writing style. As John Donne is one of the luminaries in this school of poetry, John has fairly helped in the further development of this school of poetry and eventually became a role model for n numbers of writers and poets like the researcher and others across the globe. ‘Love, Loss and Geographical Imagination’ were the themes John Donne wrote most about. The way Donne has depicted his literary works through these themes are the most relatable part of everyone’s life. Every now and then we find ourselves going through these phases. The present paper studies the great metaphysical poet, John Donne as a creator of  nexus between the human mind and the matter. Thus his selected works that have fascinated as they became different from his contemporary writers.