Poets and John Donne

Poetry has always strange and different emotions that really affect people. Whenever I read a poetry especially from Turkish Literature, I feel deep emotions. But this week I read poets from English Literature and our topic was Metaphysical Poets and I can say that poets have strange meanings as the same as Garip Akımı from Turkish Literature.

I want to talk about Jonne Donne who is quite good at personification. When I first read his poets, I had difficulty in understanding. In time, I realized its beauty and admired him. Holy Sonnets 10. is one of the most meaningful poets I’ve ever read. In this poet, we can see the personification of death. I am normally scared of death but I can understand thanks to Donne death actually nothing to fear . The poet refers that death is the key to the real world. This work has a strong effect on me.

To sum up, this period was quite strange for me in terms of meaning and shape. After Shakespeare, this poets has shocked me but I loved them. I am looking forward to see others.