English Exam 5
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- member of Parliment
- George Herbert
- distantly related to Sir Thomas More
- John Donne
- married his boss' 17 year old daughter, was thrown in prison
- John Donne
- primary focus is the soul's inner architecture
- George Herbert
- did not believe in church government
- John Milton
- wrote all in English
- John Donne
- took six years to self study
- John Milton
- Catholic converted Anglican
- John Donne
- marked by self-irony
- George Herbert
- his mother was a patron and friend of John Donne's
- Geroge Herbert
- had three wives, two of which died
- John Milton
- metaphysical poet
- John Donne
- uses language, metaphors, and symbolism in the Bible
- George Herbert
- wrote non-christian lyrics on love, and religious verse
- John Donne
- only wrote 24 sonnets
- John Milton
- models were Virgil and Spenser
- John Milton
- was liked by James 1
- John Donne
- became a secretary to Sir Thomas Edgerton
- John Donne
- was blinded later in life
- John Milton
- focuses on a friendship with Christ
- Geogre Herbert
- wrote some in Latin, but then decided to write in English
- John Milton
- a biography was written about him by Izaac Walton
- John Donne
- wrote an elegy for Prince Henry
- George Herbert
- avoided printing of his works
- John Donne
- one of his most famous poems is about his wife's death
- John Milton
- destroyed his secular verses
- George Herbert
- proclaimed that he was going to write the first great English epic
- John Milton
- wrote Latin poetry
- George Herbert
- gave his writings to his friend, Nicholas Farrar, who published them
- George Herbert
- was suspended for a short time from Christ's College at Cambridge
- John Milton