Two poets in particular, Andrew Marvell and John Donne, wrote carpe diem poetry full of vivid imagery and metaphysical conceits. ... This message can be clearly seen in the poems "To his Coy Mistress" by Marvell and Donne's "Flea." ... To his Coy Mistress" is similar in many ways to Donne's "Flea." ... Donne uses the metaphysical conceit of a flea to symbolize the love shared between them. ... Donne also uses iambic tetrameter in the AA, BB, CC, etc., form. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

John Donne makes his poetry easy to understand because he does not use a difficult language to get his message through his readers. ... Donne started his writing in the early 1600's. ... In "The Apparition" written by John Donne, talks about a man who tries to seduce his lady by trying to scare her first so she is so terrified that she has no choice except to sleep with him. ... In "The Flea," also written by John Donne, this one is much better in such way that he does not scare her just to get her into bed. ... He had a lot of allusion, simile, and metaphor while Donne only used imag...

• Word Count: 1906
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• Grade Level: High School

This objective seems to be exactly what John Donne and Andrew Marvell are both seeking to accomplish in their poems; "The Flea" and "To His Coy Mistress". ... Donne sites, "And cloister"d in these living walls of jet And sacrilege, three sins in killing three" (Donne, line 15, 18), both lines conveying the divine imagery. ... Just like in Donne's account, Marvell expresses his notion utilizing some religious imagery. ... Although, just like it was for Donne's account, we cannot conclude that Marvell is religious in his nature. ... In short, John Donne and Andrew Marvell are ver...

• Word Count: 1015
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School