Concetti Chiave
- The metaphysical poets were a diverse group of 17th-century English poets known for integrating sophisticated and challenging themes into their work.
- They combined elements from the physical world with philosophical concepts, which made their poetry difficult for contemporaries to appreciate.
- Initially not well-received, the metaphysical poets' works were re-evaluated and gained recognition in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, notably by T. S. Eliot.
- John Donne is considered the most significant metaphysical poet, known for blending natural elements with moral themes in his poetry.
- The movement left a lasting impact on literary history by introducing complex ideas and innovative poetic techniques.
METAPHISICAL POETS
During the 17th century in England a very heterogeneous movement of poets marked the whole literary history of that period with the insertion of sophisticated elements in their poems: these poets took the name of metaphysical poets, also because they were able to introduce in contemporary poetry themes that were difficult to understand. Metaphysical poets, also because they introduced this themes and because they mixed elements taken from the physical world with philosophical elements, weren't positively judged by contemporaries: there was a revaluation of this movement only between the nineteenth and twentieth centuries with T.
S. Eliot. Certainly the most important metaphysical poet was John Donne an intellectual who knew how to give his works strongly to some particular features and even to reveal the perfect combination between nature and the moral theme.
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