A Lame Begger
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Poet John Donne 1572–1631
POET’S REGION England
SCHOOL / PERIOD Renaissance
Subjects Humor & Satire, Money & Economics, Social Commentaries, Arts & Sciences
Biography
John Donne's standing as a great English poet, and one of the greatest writers of English prose, is now assured. However, it has been confirmed only in the present century. The history of Donne's reputation is the most remarkable of any major writer in English; no other body of great poetry has fallen so far from favor for so long and been generally condemned as inept and crude. In Donne's own day his poetry was highly prized . . .
Poems by John Donne
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SUBJECT Humor & Satire, Money & Economics, Social Commentaries, Arts & Sciences
POET’S REGION England
SCHOOL / PERIOD Renaissance
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