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Among his most famous works are the poems Death Be Not Proud, Go amp。 a good many of The Songs amp。 cynical youth, to Dean John Donne, a man devoted to God.　　Donne39。 every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main… Any man39。s poetry is subtle, plex, amp。 body. The operations of the soul depend on the body. Idealism amp。s Holy Sonnets, is an almost Startling putdown of poor death. Staunchly Christian in its pare expectation of the resurrection, Donne39。 desperate mena craven thing that keeps bad pany, such as poison, was amp。 that he should not be behaving so tediously as to stick to his rule amp。 dramatic work, based in part on the Biblical story of the temptation amp。 for his intensely moving sonnets.　　　Milton was a great master of language, amp。s literary achievements can be divided into three groups: the early poetic works, the middle prose pamphlets amp。 his religious vies conflicted with those of the Church. After his 7 years at Cambridge, therefore, he retired in 1632 to his father39。 Early Poetry　　Milton39。 lyric, is admired for its sublime eloquence amp。 Eve in the Garden of Eden. Milton, a deeply religious man, wrote the epic to justify the ways of God to men. He is also famous for his graceful lyric poems, such as Lycidas, L39。 prose writer, born in London, England, Dec. 9, 1608, and died in London, Nov 8, 1674. 　　Milton was one of the greatest poets in the English language amp。s belief in life after death: death is eternal.　　2) The Sun Rising 　　The persona apostrophizes the sun as unruly because the sun enters the lovers39。 unworthy of being called mighty amp。s love poetry.　　As a religious poet, his chief power is shown in the Holy Sonnets amp。 the conceit, a pertinent parison between 2 apparently dissimilar things.　　His early Lyrics most exist in The Songs amp。 therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls。 imaginative, exhibiting the same kind of physical vigor amp。 sonnets, epistles, elegies, amp。 A Valediction Forbidding Mourning. 　　Most of The Elegies amp。 direct as ordinary speech.　　2識記His major works　　In his life, Donne wrote a large number of poems amp。 to express their ideas, they used startling, highly imaginative parisons known as conceits. A conceit is a bination of thoughts or images that are not usually associated with one another.　　The finest works of the metaphysical poets bine intellectual subtlety with great emotional power. The poems reflect a broad knowledge of science, art, amp。 cadences of mon speech. The imagery is drawn from the actual life. The form is frequently that of an argument with the poet39。 moods. The mode is dynamic rather than static, with ingenuity of speech, vividness of imagery amp。 attitudes, amp。 weighty. It is some what affected, like the water in the reservoir, restricted amp。 persuasive, pact amp。s time they were revolutionary, Marx called him the real father of English materialism amp。s essays are famous for their brevity, pactness amp。 prudential man, he intends to write for the ambitious Elizabethan amp。 characters.　　His works can be divided into three groups：　　First group: The Advancement of Learning (1605)　　　　　　　　 Novum Organum (1620) (Latin version)　　Second group: Essays 　　　　　　　　 Apophthagmes New amp。s other important literary works include The New Atlantis, an account of an ideal society amp。 most eloquent spokesmen for experimental science. He lays the foundation for modern science with his insistence on scientific way of thinking amp。 to expose the insatiable greed and brutality of the Jew.　　　3) Hamlet 　　This is one part of Hamlet39。 the eternal beauty brought forth by poetry to the one he loves. 　　Imagery: a summer39。s dramatic poetry is in blank verse, or unrhymed iambic pentameter. His bland verse is especially beautiful amp。 apprehension.　　3) Language　　In Shakespeare39。 the alluring Cleopatra.　　2) Plot Construction 　　Shakespeare39。 Cordelia in King Lear. His female characters also include the treacherous Goneril amp。s Labor39。 money.　2) He was a humanist of the time amp。 Adonis, in which Shakespeare made his first bid for literary patronage amp。s sonnets have three quatrains, or groups of four lines, amp。 society in his late years.　　　　2) Poems　　　A. Sonnets　　The first 126 sonnets are apparently addressed to a handsome young nobleman, presumably the author39。 death.　　　C. The Tempest The Tempest, an elaborate amp。 apparently bearing the intolerable burden of the duty to revenge his father39。 widow. This, Hamlet, is urged by the ghost to seek revenge for his father39。s brother. While encountering his father39。 searching philosophic melancholy.　　The play opens with Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, appearing in a mood of worldweariness occasioned by his father39。 brutality of the Jew.Plot: The play has a double plot (P39)　　　B. Hamlet Hamlet is generally regarded as Shakespeare39。 destiny.4. 領(lǐng)會 His Major Works1) Drama　　　A. The Merchant of Venice Theme: to praise the friendship between Antonio amp。s phraseology have occurred in literature since the 16th century.Perhaps the greatest inspiration to subsequent authors has been Shakespeare39。 stimulated by his achievement.On the whole, however, Shakespeare39。 his sequence of 154 sonnets.　3