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The term Metaphysical poets was coined by the critic Samuel Johnson to describe a loose group of 17th-century English poets whose work was characterised by the inventive use of conceits, and by a greater emphasis on the spoken rather than lyrical quality of their verse.
Poesía metafísica. El doctor Samuel Johnson llamó en el siglo XVIII metaphysical poetry o poesía metafísica a la practicada por un grupo de poetas ingleses barrocos del XVII que se singularizaban por desarrollar una poesía meditativa y filosófica sobre los problemas de la muerte, el tiempo, Dios y el amor.
His poetical works are noted for their metaphorical and sensual style and include sonnets, love poems, religious poems, Latin translations, epigrams, elegies, songs and satires. He is also known for his sermons . Donne's style is characterised by abrupt openings and various paradoxes, ironies and dislocations.
Henry Vaughan. Metaphysical poet, any of the poets in 17th-century England who inclined to the personal and intellectual complexity and concentration that is displayed in the poetry of John Donne, the chief of the Metaphysicals. Others include Henry Vaughan, Andrew Marvell, John Cleveland, and Abraham Cowley as well as, to a lesser extent ...
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Metaphysical poetry is marked by the use of elaborate figurative languages, original conceits, paradoxes, and philosophical topics. Metaphysical poetry was at its peak during the seventeenth century in England and continental Europe. The movement explored everything from irony to philosophy and conceits.
Key characteristics of metaphysical poetry include: complicated mental and emotional experience; unusual and sometimes deliberately contrived metaphors and similes; and the idea that the physical and spiritual universes are connected.
El doctor Samuel Johnson llamó en el siglo XVIII metaphysical poetry o poesía metafísica a la practicada por un grupo de poetas ingleses barrocos del XVII que se singularizaban por desarrollar una poesía meditativa y filosófica sobre los problemas de la muerte, el tiempo, Dios y el amor.
