Metaphysical poems: classics of metaphysical poetry

Metaphysical poems: classics of metaphysical poetry.

The denomination Metaphysical Poetry (Metaphysical Poetry) was coined by Samuel Johnson to define a certain trend of the 17th century. The term was established; and although it currently also includes other profiles, other searches, the classic metaphysical poems continue to be an extraordinary example of the combination between philosophy and poetry. Metaphysical poems aspire to great abstractions: time, death, the divine, love; and, for that, the great metaphysical poets have developed a critical philosophy that questions and exposes the most absurd behaviors of human beings, but also their greatness.

In this section of we will give an account of some of the best metaphysical poems.

Metaphysical poems.

Farewell to Love, John Donne Air and Angels, John Donne To His Coy Mistress Andrew Marvell Souls and Rain-Drops, Sidney Lanier Alchemy of love (Love’s Alchemy, John Donne) Alchemy of pain (Alchimie de la douleur, Charles Baudelaire) Negative Love (Negative Love, John Donne) Before the World Was Made (WB Yeats) Each with their own chimera (Chacun sa chimère, Charles Baudelaire) Coffee in Heaven (John Agard) Woman’s Constancy (John Donne) Broken Heart (John Donne) De Profundis Clamavi (From the depths I call you, Charles Baudelaire) The “How” and the “Why”, Alfred Tennyson) The Convert (GK Chesterton) The God of Love (Love’s Deity, John Donne) The Message (John Donne) The Merry Dead (Le Mort Joyeux, Charles Baudelaire) The Sound of Trees (Robert Frost) The Dream (John Donne) The Tiger (The Tyger, William Blake) The Last Day (The Last Day, Edward Young) The Mental Traveler (William Blake) Show Me the Way (She Wheeler Wilcox) Black Cat (Schwarze Katze, Rainer Maria Rilke) The Aparition (John Donne) definition of love (The Definition Of Love, Andrew Marvell) The Call (Charlotte Mew) The Light Breaks Where No Sun Shines (Light Breaks Where No Sun Shines, Dylan Thomas) Mediocrity In Love Rejected , Thomas Carew) Death is a Dialogue Between, Emily Dickinson) The Panther (Der Panther, Rainer Maria Rilke) The Sick Rose (William Blake) The Undead (Richard Wilbur) Meditations Among the Tombs, James Hervey Death, John Donne Death Be Not Proud, John Donne Nothing Is Far, Robert Francis No man is an island (No Man Is an Island, John Donne) No Coward Soul is Mine, Emily Brontë) Don’t Ask (Ask Me No More, Thomas Carew) Nostalgia (Nostalgia, Mary Elizabeth Counselman) Sin (Sin, George Herbert) Retro Me, Sathana! (Retro Me, Sathana!, Dante Gabriel Rossetti) Earth’s Answer (Earth’s Answer, William Blake) We Are The Music Makers (We Are The Music Makers, Arthur O’Shaughnessy) I am nobody. Who are you? (I’m Nobody! Who are you?, Emily Dickinson) Tiriel (Tiriel, William Blake) A Lecture Upon a Shadow (John Donne) A Cruel Mistress (Thomas Carew) A nocturnal piece A Night-Piece on Death, Thomas Parnell A Dream, William Blake Go and Catch a Falling Star, John Donne

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