Historical Perspective of The Metaphysical Movement

Donne was the acknowledged master of metaphysical poets. Others who belonged to this school of poetry were Crashaw, Cowley, Herbert, and Vaughan. The poetry of all these poets was intellectual, analytical, psychological, bold and their favourite themes were death, love, and religious devotion. All of them were rebels who despised conventional poetic diction of the Elizabethan poets. It has been