In the poem "Twickenham Garden" Donne takes the concept of Petrarchan poetry, yet transforms it into a convention. Within the poem the main convention is of the Petrarchan lover who has been rejected. It would be traditional that the Petrarchan lover would avoid the outside world, spring and his natural surroundings. However, Donne reverses the idea; therefore spring becomes sought after by the lover.
             Additionally, as the poem develops Donne continues to vary the idea of Petrarchan. Instead of the typical object a lover would wish to become Donne uses concepts from pseudo-religion. Within the poem the speaker claims that he wishes to become a fountain "Or a stone fountain weeping out my years".
             Throughout the poem Donne uses religious imagery quite frequently. This is common in Donne's poetry. It reflects his background as he was both born and educated in to the Roman Catholic religion, this is evident in his poetry and he obviously has a wide knowledge of it, he uses this knowledge to his advantage as it is a way in which he can reflect the speakers emotions with a greater sense of feeling.
             We first comes across this from of religious writing when the speaker quotes "The spider love, which transubstantiates all". Transforming a simple everyday theme into something harmful, poisonous, a creature which could inflict pain. This in turn reflecting the speakers misery and grief.
             Moreover, in the last line of the stanza Donne brings together two images that would be first thought of to be unusual to out together. He writes "True paradise, I have the serpent brought". Paradise being a walled garden, a place of harmony and content. However, Donne introduces the serpent, a creature which would turn this perfection to ruins. Donne uses this paradoxical persona unusually as it is not the common way in which poets described love. Although Donne always did twist the concept of most traditions...