Donne critics

Ben Jonson — Lack of Meter

Donne for not keeping of accent, deserved hanging.

Samuel Johnson — Style

Enormous and disgusting hyperboles.

Samuel Johnson — Conceits

A combination of dissimilar images or discovery of occult resemblances in things apparently unlike.

Samuel Johnson — Conceits

The most heterogeneous ideas are yoked by violence together.

T.S. Eliot — Conceits

A development of rapid association of thought which requires considerable agility on the part of the reader.

Barbara Lewinski — Cleverness

Donne’s verse unites the intellectual and the sensual.

Christopher Ricks — Meter

Donne knew exactly what he was doing metrically and rhythmically… the jaggedness was not clumsiness, but craft.

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Donnes poetry is a study in contrast

Ilona Bell

Donne constantly turns conventional poetic form to unpredictable ends

Ilona bell

Donnes poetry is obsessed with women

Helen Gardner

Donnes poetry is a study in contrast