John Donne

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John Donne was a leading English metaphysical poet and cleric of the early 17th century, renowned for his complex imagery, intellectual wit, and innovative explorations of love, faith, and mortality.

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Label Occurrences
John Donne canonical 45
George Donne 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Anglican priest ⓘ
Member of Parliament ⓘ
cleric ⓘ
human ⓘ
lawyer ⓘ
metaphysical poet ⓘ
poet ⓘ
sermon writer ⓘ
birthName John Donne ⓘ
burialPlace St Paul's Cathedral, London ⓘ
linked to: St Paul's Cathedral
causeOfDeath stomach cancer ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship England ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1572-01-22 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1631-03-31 ⓘ
educatedAt Hart Hall, Oxford ⓘ
Lincoln's Inn ⓘ
Thavie's Inn ⓘ
University of Cambridge ⓘ
endTime 1631 (Dean of St Paul's Cathedral) ⓘ
ethnicGroup English ⓘ
father John Donne (ironmonger) ⓘ
genre elegy ⓘ
poetry ⓘ
religious prose ⓘ
satire ⓘ
sermon ⓘ
influenced Andrew Marvell ⓘ
George Herbert ⓘ
Metaphysical poets ⓘ
linked to: Metaphysical poetry

T. S. Eliot ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
mainTheme death ⓘ
faith ⓘ
love ⓘ
mortality ⓘ
religion ⓘ
memberOf Church of England ⓘ
mother Elizabeth Heywood ⓘ
movement Metaphysical poetry ⓘ
name John Donne ⓘ
notableIdea metaphysical conceit ⓘ
notableWork Biathanatos ⓘ
Devotions upon Emergent Occasions ⓘ
Elegies ⓘ
Holy Sonnets ⓘ
Ignatius His Conclave ⓘ
Pseudo-Martyr ⓘ
Satires ⓘ
Sermons ⓘ
Songs and Sonnets ⓘ
occupation lawyer ⓘ
poet ⓘ
preacher ⓘ
theologian ⓘ
parish St Paul's Cathedral, London ⓘ
linked to: St Paul's Cathedral
period Elizabethan era ⓘ
linked to: Tudor England

Jacobean era ⓘ
linked to: Stuart period
placeOfBirth London, England ⓘ
placeOfDeath London, England ⓘ
positionHeld Dean of St Paul's Cathedral ⓘ
quotedIn “For whom the bell tolls” (Meditation XVII) ⓘ
“No man is an island” (Meditation XVII) ⓘ
relative Sir Thomas More ⓘ
linked to: Thomas More
religion Anglicanism ⓘ
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
servedAs Member of Parliament for Brackley ⓘ
Member of Parliament for Taunton ⓘ
royal chaplain to King James I ⓘ
signature Signature of John Donne.svg ⓘ
spouse Anne More ⓘ
startTime 1621 (Dean of St Paul's Cathedral) ⓘ
style complex imagery ⓘ
conceits ⓘ
intellectual wit ⓘ

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Referenced by (46)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

John Milton → influencedBy → John Donne ⓘ
Sir Philip Sidney → influenced → John Donne ⓘ
Joseph Brodsky → influencedBy → John Donne ⓘ
John Donne → name → John Donne ⓘ
John Donne → birthName → John Donne ⓘ
Abraham Cowley → influencedBy → John Donne ⓘ
Izaak Walton → closeFriend → John Donne ⓘ
Andrew Marvell → influencedBy → John Donne ⓘ
John Fowles → influencedBy → John Donne ⓘ
Caroline era → significantFigure → John Donne ⓘ
Thomas Carew → wrotePoemAbout → John Donne ⓘ
Thomas Carew → influencedBy → John Donne ⓘ
Harmonium → usesTextBy → John Donne ⓘ
Songs and Sonnets → author → John Donne ⓘ
Holy Sonnets → author → John Donne ⓘ
Biathanatos → author → John Donne ⓘ
Pseudo-Martyr → author → John Donne ⓘ
Ignatius His Conclave → author → John Donne ⓘ
Satires → author → John Donne ⓘ
Elegies → author → John Donne ⓘ
Sermons → author → John Donne ⓘ
Sermons → associatedPerson → John Donne ⓘ
Anne More → spouse → John Donne ⓘ
Anne More → child → George Donne ⓘ
linked to: John Donne
John Donne (ironmonger) → child → John Donne ⓘ
John Carey → hasWrittenAbout → John Donne ⓘ
George Herbert → influencedBy → John Donne ⓘ
Elizabeth Heywood → motherOf → John Donne ⓘ
Thom Gunn → influencedBy → John Donne ⓘ
Songs of Farewell → textAuthor → John Donne ⓘ
Alice Spencer → patronOf → John Donne ⓘ
Fleet Prison → hasInmate → John Donne ⓘ