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The following links provide the on-line resource of Donne's works:
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Study Questions on John Donne (1572-1631): "The Good-Morrow;" "Song;" "The Indifferent;" "The Flea;" "The Canonization;" "A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning;" Holy sonnets # 10, 14; "A Hymn to God the Father;" "Meditation 17" 1. Describe the persona of "The Indifferent"? What is his tone? What do you think he uses such a tone? 2. Who is the speaker addressing "The Canonization"? What is his point? 3. In Holy Sonnet #10, why is the speaker unafraid of death? How is Death personified? 4. What is some of the imagery used in Holy sonnet #14--"Batter my heart, three-personed God; for you"? What does it make you feel? 5. Compare/contrast the personas/the narrators of poems like "The Flea," "The Indifferent," and "Song" with that of "The Holy Sonnets" and "Hymn to God the Father." ¡@ |
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