metaphysical poets

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METAPHYSICAL POETS

The metaphysical poets as a homogenous group since the label was invented by critic; Samuel Jonson to describes a number of poets who have little in common.
The most important poets were John Done, George Herbert and Andrew Marwell. But in reality they cannot be considered as a real poetic movement because in their works we can find some common features; a important caratteristic of our works were “metaphysical concerts”. For example a famous example of “metaphysical concerts! Is Donne’s comparison of two lovers to a pair of compasses.
Metaphysical poems often contaired difficult arguments or another common feature was the display of knowledge in several fields. The reputation of methaphysical poets declined in the 18th century.