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1 John Donne

2 Life

3 Life

4 So Much Death and Poverty…

5 John Donne’s House

6 The Background of John Donne’s Age

7 Religion

8 Culture and Thoughts

9 Just So You Know…

10 Satires

11 Three stages of Donne’s Poetry Not necessarily chronological, but an easy way to categorize Donne’s works.

12 Stage 1: Early Poetry (Elegies)

13 Stage 2 Poetry- (Neo) Platonic Love

14 Stage 3- Religious Poetry

15 Religious Poetry Cont (Stage 3)

16 Meditation XVII

17 Later Poetry Continued- A Challenge to Death

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20 Characteristics of Metaphysical Poetry

21 Metaphysical Conceit

22 These Poems are…Complex!

23 Paradox

24 Argumentative Form

25 John Donne is famed for 3 things

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