John Donne, one of the infamous Metaphysical Poets, is known to some only by random quotes such as "for whom the bell tolls" or "no man is an island", but to others he is as important a writer as Shakespeare and thus has been valued as such in many forms. However John Donnes popularity is not universal and although he may be well known, he is not necessarily well liked. ... John Dryden was the first to use the term when he criticized Donne by saying "He affects the metaphysics in his amorous verses, where nature should only reign; and perplexes the minds of the fair sex with nice speculati...

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