Metaphysical Poets: Study Guide

The term metaphysical poets were not an organized establish group of poets—instead Samuel Johnson used the term to describe a loose group of 17th-century English poets. What most distinguishes them is the use of what has been called the conceit: a surprising and unlikely comparison between two very unlike things or people that do not have a clear-cut relationship between each other.

Reading Quizzes

Quiz 1. Introduction and John Donne
Quiz 2. Herrick, Herbert, Marvell

Andrew Marvell - 'To His Coy Mistress' - poem

http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/5662
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metaphysical_poets
http://www.luminarium.org/sevenlit/metaintro.htm
http://www.bartleby.com/105/1000.html (Grierson)
http://www.poemhunter.com/john-donne/ (text)
http://www.bartleby.com/105/95.html (text)
http://www.bartleby.com/105/index1.html (text)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Flea_%28poem%29
http://threegoldbees.com/otherarticlea/15-theflea

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