... rhythmic patterns - Wide-ranging emotionally - Earnest and challenging, even when appearing casual, never trivial - Struggle between spiritual and bodily impulses - New use of old poetic forms: 1. Aubade 2. Sonnet 3. Elegy 4. Valediction - Use of syllogism (illogicality of argument) DONNE Life Donne had roots going deep into medieval Catholicism, born to well-to-do Roman Catholic parents. He lived in ... through personification - imperative mood - exclamation - complex syntax eg. use of inversion - language of argument eg. for, yet, but - imagery - rhythms of natural speech - adherence ...

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