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3.62 AVERAGE
3.62 AVERAGE
challenging
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
These were okay…kind of boring to me personally. Themes felt repetitive, language was fine I guess.
This guy isn't a bad poet, but I found his themes so repetitive that I can't really give this collection more that two stars
Donne's poetry is strange and fascinating. There is a rich complexity within the poetry both in his love sonnets and songs and his holy sonnets. I have only read a selection of his work, but they poems I did read show a great level of craftsmanship and intricacy. The Canonization and Death Be Not Proud are my current, personal favorites.
I began reading this selection of John Donne's poems but stopped once I realized they had "modernized" the spelling of Donne's poetry. This is a serious problem as it makes it impossible to figure out how Donne intended them to be read. Instead, read [b:The Complete English Poems|732351|The Complete English Poems (Everyman's Library)|John Donne|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1177786603s/732351.jpg|129115]
"No man is an island, entire of itself;
every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main.
If a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less.
As well as if a promontory were,
As well as if a manor of thy friend’s or of thine own were.
Any man’s death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind;
and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls;
it tolls for thee."
every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main.
If a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less.
As well as if a promontory were,
As well as if a manor of thy friend’s or of thine own were.
Any man’s death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind;
and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls;
it tolls for thee."