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Poets.org: John Donne WebsitePoets.org: John Donne Website
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Academy of American Poets
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9th - 10th
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Poets.org: John Donne

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This site, from the Academy of American Poets, features a detailed profile of John Donne as the founder of the Metaphysical Poets. Includes selected bibliography, related links, full text examples, and a portrait.

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john donne

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17th century, metaphysical poets, seventeenth century, a valediction: forbidding mourning, academy of american poets, british authors, british poets, the bait

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  • Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)

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Death Be Not Proud

MENSA Education & Research Foundation
Not dreadful, but mighty, this worksheet for “Divine Sonnet X” (aka “Death Be Not Proud”) models for individuals how to recognize John Donne’s argument for why Death should not be proud and how to recognize the sonnet structure and rhyme...
9th - 12th English Language Arts
eBook

Luminarium: The Works of John Donne

Luminarium
A clickable list to selected full-text works by John Donne, including songs, sonnets, elegies, epigrams, and satires.
9th - 10th English Language Arts
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Handout

Selected Poems of John Donne

University of Toronto (Canada)
Links to 42 poems by the English metaphysical John Donne (1572-1631).
9th - 10th English Language Arts
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Ga Virtual Learning: English Renaissance: John Donne

Georgia Department of Education
This lesson focuses on John Donne and his sonnets. It features three of his sonnets: Holy Sonnet VII: "At the Round Earth's Imagin'd Corners," Holy Sonnet X: "Death, Be Not Proud," and "The Bait," which is a reply to Christopher...
9th - 10th English Language Arts
eBook

Poets' Corner: John Donne's Holy Sonnets

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

Luminarium: John Donne (1572 1631)

Luminarium
Detailed biographical profile of the poet John Donne. Includes related resources and a portrait.
9th - 10th English Language Arts
Handout

Bartleby.com: John Donne: His Life

Bartleby
This site contains the full text of "John Donne: His Life," as it appears in "The Cambridge History of English and American Literature." Comprehensive biography of Donne.
9th - 10th English Language Arts
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Luminarium: Anthology of English Literature: John Donne: Holy Sonnet 10

Luminarium
This is the text of John Donne's "Holy Sonnet 10;" it is also available in audio format.
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Primary

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

Luminarium
This is the poem "The Indifferent" by John Donne.
9th - 10th English Language Arts
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Luminarium: Anthology of English Literature: John Donne: Holy Sonnet 1

Luminarium
This is the text of "Holy Sonnet 1" by John Donne.
9th - 10th English Language Arts
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