1. Elegy 19: To his Mistress Going to Bed

2. Objectives
To learn about the imagery and other poetic devices used in Donne’s poetry

3. John Donne (1572-1631) What impressions do you get of the man?
What do we need to ask him?

4. Men and Women
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5. Sexuality and Religion
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6. Busk
What on earth ……..???
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7. Atalanta
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8. The first publication

10. Petrarchan Sonnet
The Petrarchan sonnet (also Petrarchanism or Petrarchian) is a verse form that typically refers to a concept of unattainable love. It was first developed by the Italian humanist and writer, Francesco Petrarca. Conventionally Petrarchan sonnets depict the addressed lady in hyperbolic terms and present her as a model of perfection and inspiration.
Ironically, Donne's speaker uses a blazon, or a record of virtues and excellencies to describe his mistress disrobing

11. Metaphysical Conceit Metaphysical conceit.
Helen Gardner[2] observed that "a conceit is a comparison whose ingenuity is more striking than its justness" and that "a comparison becomes a conceit when we are made to concede likeness while being strongly conscious of unlikeness."
Metaphorical allusion

12. Other techniques Hyeberbole Metaphorical allusion Ambihuity
Tone and voice
Rhetorical devices
Metre.