A Comparative Analysis of T.S. Eliot and John Donne

This paper compares and contrasts the metaphysical imagery used in Donne's and Eliot's poetry. Both Dr. Johnson and Dryden criticized Donne for the unique imagery and symbolism that he used in his writing. W.B. Yeats, Rupert Brooke, W.H. Auden, and T.S. Eliot were all captivated by John Donne's poetry in their own unique ways. Eliot recognized in him both the coming together of mind and emotion as well as the consolidation of sensibility. In addition, modern poets like T. S. Eliot and G. M. Hopkins have suggested in their own works of poetry that the symbolism in Donne's poetry is vitally prophetic for the development of the expression of modern poetry