Today we talk about metaphysical poetry and its characteristics. And also I explain my view on 5 major poem which I learnt in my syllabus.
So first of all we see what is metaphysical poetry?:-
There is no age represents by metaphysical poetry in fact its represents distinactive school of thought.Metaphysical means beyond the physical world. In that's type poetry we see the spirituality.
Metaphysical poetry term which is coined by samuel johnson in his most remarkable work "Life of Eminent English Poets".when john donne and other metaphysical poets for writing they was not aware of the concept of metaphysical poetry. They just writing want came from within. After 100 year when samuel johnson looked out the work of such writer and he able to club then together and than sam be characteristics and its posses. That he coined the metaphysical poetry word.
If we see that metaphysical poets talk about god,love,religion,spirituality which can not be explaine by science is that be concerns in metaphysical poetry.
We see that we also like most john donne and other metaphysical poets work because they use serval excellent literary device. They use pun,conciet,carpediam.
Let's see some characteristics of metaphysical poetry:-
1)Analyse the subject matter from an intellectual view point:-
We found that a metaphysical poet would not simply declare a feeling of love; they would analyse it and try to understand its higher purpose and meaning.
2)Heavy use of literary devices, like paradox,pun, and irony. To convey the subject matter.:-
In it metaphysical poetry also uses a lot of colloquial language. Donne, for instance,uses the phrase " busy old foole" in his poem, " The sun rising ".
3) Random or irregular style.:-
Many metaphysical poms have a distininct style, often using " rough metrics" or " packed lines". Take a look at George herbat's " the collar" for an example of this chaotic and rather disorders froms.
4)far fetched images:-
They taken images from field of knowledge,science, agriculture, geography, history, astronomy, chemistry, architecture, geometry, mathemetics, biology,medical etc.
We take example in poem flea..:-
"Mark but this flea,mark in this
How little that, which thou deniest me is
It sucked me first, and now sucks thee
And in this flea our two blood migled be."
The use like this images makes their poetry difficult.
5) conciet:-
It refer that a particular type of metaphor or simile.conciet compares very dismilar things. We take example that bright smoke, calling lovers as two points of compass,taking soul as drew drop,etc.
There are many characteristics of metaphysical poetry. It talks about deep things. It talks about soul, love ,religion, reality etc. We can never be sure about what is coming your way while reading a metaphysical poem. This poetry also a unclear.there i8s no seriousness in it, it also talk about in humorous way. The tone is sometime light.
Let's I explaine five poems in brief:-
Metaphysical poems are very interesting and readers also like most and I personally like and interested in it.
1)Holi sonnet:- Death be not proud
Death not be proud is very well known Holly sonnet by John Donne. This sonnet is addressed by the poet to death itself. The theme of this poem is the atrocaties of death and potrays the image of death as very common thing. He makes many understatement in the poem regarding the death. He says that death is nothing but a sleep and it gives us the same pleasure as we derive from the sleep.9
In it poet says that death is slave of four elements. These four elements are:-
1) fate 2) chance 3) kings 4) man in destress.
We leant that the meaning is death comes to a person only when death is decided by fate or chance or a kong or a man in destress.
At conclusion of poem poet says nothing more than in short sleep. There were be no fear of death and death itself will die beacuse nobody will be afraid of death.
2) The Flea:-
The flea by john donne. In this poem poet uses a biological images of the flea in order to express his love for his beloved the flea is s small insects.which services by sucking blood from the skin on animals. Through the insects poet describes his love and his talk with his beloved.
In this poem Donne makes use of the wit for which he eventually. In this we found that the lover is speaker and the beloved is the silent listener. Her gestures and attitude brought out by reference to them on the part of lover.she noticed that first, it sucked his blood and than hers, and in this way,thier blood mingles in its body, as they do in sexual interactions. The flea enjoyed union with her, without any courtship or marriege.
Poet says that enjoy the pleasure of physical union, which the lovers cannot enjoy prior to marriege.
3)The sun rising by John Donne:-
The Sun Rising is a love poem set in speaker's bedroom. Where he and his lover lay in bed presumably after night of passions.._Donne wrote many an amourous poem in his younger days.we say that using the extended metaphor or conceit to explore in depth the relationship between himself.
This poem is an idiol example of the use of metaphysical event to deal with the theme of love. Poet employes the image of the rising sun for dealing with theme of love .
We know that The Rising Sun which is generally used for the expression of a new hope and optimzam also. But in it poem Jone donne dealing with theme of the love.
We can see that through the sun poet will be adressse he beloved. He compare his beloved with sun. He admire his beloved and talking with the sun. Its really admirable work by john donne.
4) To his coy mistress:-
Its very well known poem by Andrew Marvel. It is poem with metaphysical conciet and it proves Andrew Marvell real follower of the school of John Donne. In this poem poet used image from the field of agree culture.the present poem deals with the theme of love.
It is metaphysical poem in which the speaker attempts to persuded his resistant lover that they should have sexual intercourse. He explaine that if they had all the time in the world, he would, he would have no problem with thier relationship moving slowly.
The poet opens by telling his mistress that, given all the time in the world, he would spend hundred of years praising each part of her body, while she could spend hundreds of years refusing his advance.
We know very well that this poem is considered one of Marvell's finest and is possibly the best recognize carpe diem poem in English. Poet totally praised her body and saying him not to shy. Poem ends with the request of a lovers that both should make thier time it quality time by his responding to love of each other. It is not possible for them to stop the moment Of the sun.
Its very wonderful metaphysical poem by Andrew Marvell.
5) The collar :-
The title we see it some type of intresting. But ' The Collar' is symbolic; it seems to represents the relationship between the man within the poem and God. "collar, which priests wear as symbol.
In this poem poet represents himself as priest. Poet write this poem on his own incident which happendeb in 1633 while he struggled with his own religious beliefs. He suffers and want freedom in his life. Its very interesting and also metaphor in it.
Its talk about how speaker bored with his life and want freedom. He tried for his life and say that he want too free for his priest life. In three of stanza he talk about his boring life. In fourth stanza he get some magical noise and direct connect with God. Than he realize that he should break this type of religion chain that type of collar he want.
In it the last rhyme we see that on word and Lord finally its done. Speaker's desire to cast Off the chains of belief and be free.
Let's see some quotes on metaphysical poetry:-
1) I have alwaysy hated the 'who are you?" Questions. This is a philosophical inquiry. Answering that question is why were on earth. You can't answer it in thirty seconds or in an elevator.
-Sandy Nathan
2) A poet without love were a physical and metaphysical impossibility.
- john keats
3) love is metaphysical gravity.
- R.Bunkmister fuller
4) like allmost all others began with metaphysical discussions. The theory has advanced but the practical science is still in is identify and the modern statements is constaly short of facts on which can base his speculations.
-Antoine Lavoisier
5) The more I learn of physics, the more I am drawn metaphysics.
- Albert Einstien
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-T.S.Eliot
Conclusion:-
Metaphysical poetry is to be read with an open mind. It is not purposely trying to convince readers to think in a certain way but it provides a new way of thinking.Metaphysical poets highly intellectual and people of lerning. Reader's mind open up. Metaphysical poetry like the readers most because in it various subject are include. And they gave a poetry as a different level.so we see its characteristics and 5 poem.
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