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= JOHN DONNE (1572 - 1631) =

- survived with the help of wealthy patrons who supported his writing
= THE METAPHYSICAL POETIC CONCEIT: = = = = an extended metaphor that combines two vastly different ideas into a single idea, often using imagery, paradox, irony, apostrophe, even puns =

= = = Example: "Death, Be Not Proud" =

And death shall be no more; death, thou shalt die.
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