Sonnets de la Mort

Name: Sonnets de la Mort
Author: Jean de Sponde

by Jean de Sponde

Meditations on mortality and oblivion through formal sonnets with metaphysical depth

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Jean de Sponde

French Baroque poet and religious controversialist whose Sonnets de la Mort are among the finest examples of French Baroque poetry. He converted from Protestantism to Catholicism.

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