... Church, Donne's religious poems powerfully express his yearning for union with God and his obsession with salvation and death (Benet 268). However, Donne did not avoid social problems and everyday concerns (Drabble 211). For example, one of the most cited lines in all of Donne's works is about the brotherhood of man: "As not for whom the bell tolls, it tolls for thee. . .The death of any man diminishes me" (Donne 298 ... ). The theme or main idea of "Holy Sonnet 10," which also goes under the title "Death Be Not Proud," the first line of the poem, emphasizes Donne's firm belief in the im...

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John Donne, one of the infamous Metaphysical Poets, is known to some only by random quotes such as "for whom the bell tolls" or "no man is an island", but to others he is as important a writer as Shakespeare and thus has been valued as such in many ... forms. However John Donnes popularity is not universal and although he may be well known, he is not necessarily well liked. The origin of the term "Metaphysical Poets" ... that is so blatantly obvious to himself. Donne's most proven and even his technique he exploited the most is of course imagery. Donne is eclectic and obscure with his imageri...

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