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Luminarium

Luminarium: The Works of John Donne

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A clickable list to selected full-text works by John Donne, including songs, sonnets, elegies, epigrams, and satires.
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University of Toronto (Canada)

Selected Poems of John Donne

For Students 9th - 10th
Links to 42 poems by the English metaphysical John Donne (1572-1631).
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Bartleby

Bartleby.com: Donne's Relation to Petrarch

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Contains full text of "Donne's Relation to Petrarch," as appears in "The Cambridge History of English and American Literature." Explains how Donne broke the Petrarchian poetic style.
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Bartleby

Bartleby.com: John Donne: The History of His Poems

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Traces Donne's progress and success as a 17th century poet. Full text excerpt taken from "The Cambridge History of English and American Literature."
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Bartleby

Bartleby.com: John Donne: His Position and Influence

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Excerpt taken from "The Cambridge History of English and American Literature," this site places Donne amidst Elizabethan poets of his era and defines Donne apart from them.
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Luminarium

Luminarium: John Donne (1572 1631)

For Students 9th - 10th
A good biographical sketch of John Donne. Discusses his personality, family, and relational background, and cites some of his work.
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Luminarium

Luminarium: Anthology of English Literature: John Donne: Holy Sonnet 1

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the text of "Holy Sonnet 1" by John Donne.
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Luminarium

Luminarium: Anthology of English Literature: John Donne Holy Sonnet 7

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the text of John Donne's "Holy Sonnet 7."
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Luminarium

Luminarium: Anthology of English Literature: John Donne: Holy Sonnet 10

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the text of John Donne's "Holy Sonnet 10;" it is also available in audio format.
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Luminarium

Luminarium: Anthology of English Literature: John Donne: Holy Sonnet 14

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the text of John Donne's "Holy Sonnet 14."
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Luminarium

Luminarium: Anthology of English Literature: John Donne: The Indifferent

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the poem "The Indifferent" by John Donne.
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Luminarium

Luminarium: Works of John Donne: A Valediction Forbidding Mourning

For Students 9th - 10th
Luminarium: Works of John Donne: A Valediction Forbidding Mourning in is the text of one of John Donne's most famous poems which uses metaphors and comparisons to explain the separation of two lovers.
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Other

Poets' Corner: John Donne's Holy Sonnets

For Students 9th - 10th
There are nineteen of John Donne's sonnets at this page. There is no commentary or other explanatory information.
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Other

About Fly Fishing: The Bait by John Donne Flyfishing and Romance

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides the text to John Donne's poem "The Bait".
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Shmoop University

Shmoop: The Computation

For Students 9th - 10th
This metaphysical poem is about a guy who is not good at math. This site anaylses the poem in detail and gives excellent insights into what the poem means.