John Donne's poetry.

"The Sun Rising" and 

"The Canonization".

During this last period, in my Literature class, we've been analyzing John Donne's poetry, and two of the poems that we analyzed are "The Sun Rising" and "The Canonization". After reading them, my impressions about Donne's work didn't change at all, because the first Donne's poem that I read was "The Flea", so I realized that he has the same "essence" in all his poems (at least in the ones that I've read). He uses a lot of rhetorical figures, and of course, his famous "wit" is always present.  

Somehow, Donne uses words that seem to be simple, but when you read it again and again you realized that they can have more than one meaning. I believe that decided to use a lot of literary devices to have an unique impact in each reader, because even though he transmits a message in each of his poems, at the end, everyone can have a different interpretation because of the words he uses. There is one out of two possibilities, either you totally understood what he's saying or you didn't understand anything, and again, it is all because of the meaning of the words that he uses. 

Also, Donne is recognized due to his majestically wit, included in all his poems. He had a genius way to transmit his thoughts, feelings and beliefs. 

For example, in "The Sun Rising", he uses a lot of hyperbole and metaphors, and the poem is about two lovers being bothered by the Sun, in comparison with "The Canonization" that also has implied the theme of "love" and/or "couples" and it's mainly focused on that, in contrast with "The Sun Rising" that it's mainly focused on the Sun. "The Canonization" is about two individuals that are in love and they tell others to not criticize them for their love. They state that their love is indestructible and everyone can feel however they feel about it, because their love is going to be an example for future generations to follow.  

Now, every time I read a Donne's poem, just by reading the title I know that is going to be about religion, death, love, women or sexuality.