metaphysical poet
- a word derived from metaphysical poetry.
Example Sentences
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"The metaphysical poet of British cinema and a generous, brilliant, kind and politically engaged man."
From BBC ● Dec. 21, 2022
In the words of the metaphysical poet John Donne, one of Sacks’s literary masters, Awakenings depicts his patients’ “preternatural birth, in returning to life, from this sickness” – a birth sometimes fraught with awful tribulations.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 30, 2015
Nick Christian, a marketing manager in London, had part of metaphysical poet John Donne's The Sun Rising tattooed onto his leg in his final year at university.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2013
In the 17th century, the metaphysical poet Andrew Marvell wrote, “But at my back I always hear/ Time’s winged chariot hurrying near.”
From New York Times ● Jul. 30, 2010
This may be seen by his reference to Shelley in his last book, "Letters and Social Aims," and by his preference of the metaphysical poet throughout his writings.
From Birds and Poets : with Other Papers by Burroughs, John
