John Donne date of birth:
1572
How old was John Donne when died?
59
Where was John Donne born?
Bread Street, London, England
When did John Donne die?
March 31, 1631
Where did John Donne die?
London, England, UK
John Donne body shape:
Average
What is John Donne's ethnicity?
White
What is John Donne nationality?
British
What is John Donne's occupation?
Poet
John Donne claim to fame:
The Sun Rising
Short Biography
John Donne (21 January 1572– 31 March 1631) was an English poet, satirist, lawyer, and priest who is considered a prominent representative of the metaphysical poets of the period. His works are notable for their mimetic and sensual style and include sonnets, love poetry, religious poems, Latin translations, epigrams, elegies, songs, satires and sermons. His poetry is noted for its vibrancy of language and inventiveness of metaphor, especially as compared to that of his contemporaries. John Donne's style is characterized by abrupt openings, various paradoxes, ironies, dislocations. These features in combination with his frequent dramatic or everyday speech rhythms, his tense syntax, and his tough eloquence were both a reaction against the smoothness of conventional Elizabethan poetry and an adaptation into English of European baroque and mannerist techniques. His early career was marked by poetry that bore immense knowledge of British society and he met that knowledge with sharp criticism. Another important theme in Donne’s poetry was the idea of true religion, which was something that he spent a lot of time considering and theorizing about. He wrote secular poems as well as erotic poems and love poems. Donne is particularly famous for his mastery of metaphysical conceits.