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Holy Sonnets

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A series of nineteen devotional poems, also known as the Divine Meditations or Divine Sonnets, by the English poet John Donne, written mainly around 1609 to 1610 during a period of personal and spiritual crisis. Composed in the Petrarchan sonnet form but turned to urgent religious address rather than romantic love, they are considered central to Donne's reputation as the foremost of the Metaphysical Poets. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Disputed
Composed, From (Year)
from 1609 1
Most of the sequence is dated to around 1609-1610, but Sonnet XVII is dated after 1617 (following the death of Donne's wife), so the sequence as a whole was not composed in a single period.
Composed, To (Year)
to 1617 1
Sonnet XVII is dated after 1617; the bulk of the sequence is earlier, around 1609-1610.
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Original Language
English 1
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Authored By

John Donne, Authors
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In Genre

Lyric Poetry, Genres
Source Holy Sonnets (Wikipedia)
Sources
1. Holy Sonnets (Wikipedia)
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    The Holy Sonnets, also known as the Divine Meditations or Divine Sonnets, are a series of nineteen poems by the English poet John Donne.
  • Original language statement
    The Holy Sonnets-also known as the Divine Meditations or Divine Sonnets-are a series of nineteen poems by the English poet John Donne (1572-1631).
  • Authored By: John Donne, Lead section, authorship
    The Holy Sonnets, also known as the Divine Meditations or Divine Sonnets, are a series of nineteen poems by the English poet John Donne.
  • In Genre: Lyric Poetry, Lead section, form
    written predominantly in the style and form prescribed by Renaissance Italian poet Petrarch
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