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BUU MOOC on Selected Readings in British and American Poetry Lecture Four “But We By a Love So Much Refined” ——John Donne’s “A Valediction Forbidding Mourning” Selected Readings in British and American Poetry Agenda: 1. Poetry Reading Aloud 2. Life of John Donne (1572 – 1631) 3. Metaphysical Poetry 4. Donne’s “A Valediction Forbidding Mourning” 5. Death, Love, Faith, and Science 6. Assignments Selected Readings in British and American Poetry 3. Metaphysical Poetry John Donne, George Herbert Andrew Marvell 1572 – 1631 1593 – 1633 1621 – 1678 4. “But We By a Love So Much Refined” LOGO —John Donne’s “A Valediction Forbidding Mourning” 3. Metaphysical Poetry ■Metaphysical Poetry refers to “poetry written by John Donne, George Herbert, Andrew Marvel, and other 17th-century English poets, distinguished by ingenuity, intellectuality, and sometimes obscurity”(p.766) 4. “But We By a Love So Much Refined” LOGO —John Donne’s “A Valediction Forbidding Mourning” 3. Metaphysical Poetry ■The label was first used by Samuel Johnson in his Life of Cowley (written in 1777), in which he identifies the poets as a “race of writers” who display their learning, use far-fetched comparison, and lack feeling. (p.659) Samuel Johnson 1709-1784 4. “But We By a Love So Much Refined” LOGO —John Donne’s “A Valediction Forbidding Mourning” 3. Metaphysical Poetry ■Metaphysical poets made use of everyday speech, intellectual analysis, and unique imagery. They aimed to portray the ordinary conflicts and contradictions