What comes to debate is whether poetic techniques utilized are more significant than the content that is induced. ... Techniques are just one of the elements that make up Donne's unique style in Renaissance poetry. ... Gardner says that "he appears to need only 14 lines to precisely express what he has to say". ... Through intense analysis, it is evident that Donne's use of stylistic devices are recognized more than meaning, only to a certain extent. It is the stylistic techniques as well as the content in his devotional poetry that distinguishes his feelings of the Metaphysical....

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The most important elements in Greek literature were harmony, nature, simplicity, beauty and truth, which were considered as equal and necessary important. ... "What each, what all supply, May court, may charm, our eye; Thou, only thou, canst raise the meeting soul!" ... There is also metonymy: "olive" and "vine" represent the Mediterranean world, as they are typical elements associated with that region. ... There are also many repetitions: "Love, only Love", "nor, nor", "Though, though", "what, what", "May, may" and...

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What went out was narrative, description, rational exposition; what emerged focused on stream of consciousness, images in poetry (rather than description or narration), a new use of universal myth, and a sense of fragmentation both of individuality and of such concepts as space and time. ... But all through what might be termed the period of Modernism there were writers who kept working away in more traditional modes. What is significant is that both kinds of writing could flourish at the same time. ...

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