... use of inversion - language of argument eg. for, yet, but - imagery - rhythms of natural speech - adherence to the sonnet rhyme pattern s poetry was not written for publication, but intended for the private delectation of a group of people whose interests were congenial to s. They rhythms are carefully adjusted ... all kinds, the tendancy of literary criticism has been to consider a work on its own terms; to explicates and not to evaluate.ഊA younger generation of critics argue that s poetry must be read in the context of its own time before one can fully understand what ... areas of...

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... many people may understand the work of Shakespeare, for instance, only because it is frequently performed and studied. The study of Donne is different in terms of the ambiguity encountered in his work. many of his poems will logically support a vast number of interpretations. "Batter my heart," a holy sonnet ... in such a way that he is not a specific individual. "The phrase three person'd God," for example, identifies the male lover addressed in Trinitarian terms, themselves derived by accommodation from the earthly family" (Kerrigan 352). Due to the fact that this is a holy sonnet, Don...

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