bjects or emotions often with an effect of shock or surprise. These poems were also recognizable for their proclivity towards psychological analysis and the emotions attached to love and religion. The levels to which the metaphysical poets took their modus operandum often resulted in obscurity, rough verses and strained imagery. John Donne, as the leading exponent of this style of writing, displays each of these idiosyncrasies.
             Donne is valuable not simply as a representative writer but also as a highly unique one. He was a man of contradictions: As a minister in the Anglican Church, Donne possessed a deep spirituality that informed his writing throughout his life; but as a man, Donne possessed a carnal lust for life, sensation, and experience. He is both a great religious
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