John Donne
John Donne had a rich life full of travel, women and religion. Donne
was born in 1572 on Bread Street in London. The family was Roman
Catholic which was dangerous during this time when Catholicism was
being abolished and protestant was taking over. Donne’s farther was an
iron monger who died in 1576. At 11 Donne and his younger brother went
to university and studied there for three years then he went to
Cambridge for a further three years.
He left without any degrees because as a Catholic he could not swear
the ‘Oath of Supremacy’, which made you swear an oath declaring Henry
VIII as head of the Church of England, Donne refused to swear this. In
1592 Donne joined a law practice and a legal career seemed ahead of
him.
In 1593 Donne’s brother Henry died of a fever in prison after being
arrested for sheltering a catholic priest, John Donne then started to
question his faith and wonder why his brother who was doing g-ds will
would be allowed to be arrested and die in jail. As both his farther
and brother had now passed away Donne inherited a considerable amount
of money, which he spent on women, travelling and other pleasurable
pursuits. In 1596 Donne joined a naval expedition against the Spanish
Armada. One year later he sailed to the Azores. Often in John Donne’s
poems they include his travels and experiences for instance in the
poem ‘To his mistress going to bed’ he says ‘license my roving hands
and let them go… O America! My new found land[1] Donne possibly means
that the woman in front of him is a new land waiting to be discovered
and explored. In 1598 Donne was appointed Private Secretary to Sir
Thomas Egaton. This meant he was on the road to a promising career.
Later in 1601 John Don...
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...is writing and how he thought also how he
was conflicted throughout out his life about whether he should convert
or not and risk a lifetime in hell and eternal damnation to further
his career. I hope you enjoyed my essay.
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[1] To his mistress going to bed, by John Donne, John Donne
“Everyman’s poetry”
[2] The Flea, by John Donne, “Complete English Poems”, Everyman
[3] The Canonisation, by John Donne “Complete English poems” Everyman
[4] ibid.
[5] Hymn to g-d the Father by John Donne, ibid.
[6] ibid.
[7] ibid.
[8] The Good Morrow, by John Donne ibid
[9] The Sonne Rising by John Donne, “John Donne” Everyman’s Poetry.
[10] A Valediction Forbidding Mourning, by John Donne, ibid
[11] To his mistress going to bed, by John Donne, ibid.
[12] ibid
[13] ibid
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