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John Donne and Shakespeare
Title: John Donne and Shakespeare
Category: Literature / English
Details: Words: 1730 | Pages: 7.4 (approximately 235 words/page)
John Donne and Shakespeare
A comparison of “Holy Sonnet XIV” by John Donne and “Sonnet 130” by William Shakespeare
John Donne and William Shakespeare both wrote a variety of poems that are both similar within the structure of a Sonnet but with very different content. This essay will compare two of their sonnets – Sonnet 130 by William Shakespeare and the Holy Sonnet by John Donne.
John Donne’s poem is a personal sonnet in which John Donne questions his faith in …showed first 75 words of 1730 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 1730 total…mirrors the tone and texture of the rest of the poem.
In conclusion I think that although both Shakespeare and Donne address different subjects, have different styles and are writing for different reasons they both adopt a style and language which would have shocked the public of the time The sonnets are also similar because of the definite structure of the sonnets. Both sonnets are the same in that they are individual, original and unique.
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