John Donne’s poetry is noted for its use of conceit. The reason why his poems have special charm is not only that heis able to master this rhetorical device skillfully, but also that he has made conceit into a mode o...
John Donne is particularly famous for his mastery of the metaphysical conceit.And among the diverse metaphorical conceits Donne`s use of the alchemical imagery is significant.This paper is to analyze the alchemical im...
As the representative figure of Metaphysical Poetry, John Donne's poetry is characterized by unconventional forms, pe culiar images, and abundant conceits. Though John Donne's poems were ignored in his time, yet they ...
Integrating aesthetic ingenuity and intellectual innovation into the artistic style of poetry,poets of the seventeenth century brought about Metaphysical conceits to the English literature arena.This study aims to rev...
Themes are the fundamental and often universal ideas explored in a literary work.In this paper,themes,which are used in the old Man and the sea,will be discussed.First,the old man's tragic features,such as failure,lon...
John Donne's love poetry,with his wit,challenges one's habit of thought.This thesis,therefore,is an attempt to study Donne's poetic techniques by analyzing some of his love poems.Based on a close study of conceits,arg...
This essay will focus on Swift’s growing experience and the causes of his satire from four aspects:personal gro- wth,experience,conceit,love of fair liberty.