Anniversaries

Name: Anniversaries
Author: John Donne

by John Donne

Commemorative poems mourning the death of a noble patroness with extended meditation

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John Donne

English metaphysical poet and Anglican dean whose love poems and religious sonnets combine passionate emotion with elaborate intellectual conceits. He is the central figure in the metaphysical poetry tradition.

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