1. Analysis of John Donne
... language and forms bear the traces of the specific circumstances that have shaped them, and the interpretation of them by different audiences at different times is similarly determined historically. CRITIC: John Dryden (Late 1600s) -He affects the metaphysics, not only in his satire but in his amorous verses, where Nature only should reign; and perplexes the minds of the fair sex ... the greatest of these objects there is perhaps an intimidation of ambivalence. "-- affect the temporal world, even the greatest member of it. Perhaps also the power of the lover to block out the sun is fals...
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- Grade Level: High School