METAPHYSICAL POETRY
By
R . K. MANDALIYA SIR
On 16th , 17th , 18th August 2019 , we have wonderful and knowledgeable three days expert lecture on metaphysical poetry by R K Mandaliya sir from S P UNIVERSITY , Vallabh Vidhyanagar , Anand at English Department , M K Bhavnagar University . This wonderful session was organizing by Dr. Dilip Barad sir.
∆ Day 1 :-
In the first session of the metaphysical poetry formal welcome and introduction of Mandaliya sir by Dr. Dilip Barad sir. And first Mandaliya sir explained to us many metaphysical poets like , Dr. Samuel Johnson , John Donne , Abraham Cowley , George Herbert etc. And than sir explained the mejor metaphysical poet John Donne's writing style and chief characteristics of his poems like ,
* Conscious attempt
* Far fatched images
And we also know that John Donne was pioneer of the group of the metaphysical poets. First Mandaliya sir was gaving the meaning of the "what is metaphysical poetry" . And than he explained two great metaphysical poems of John Donne's like ,
• " The Sun Rising "
• " Death Be Not Proud "
(1) "The Sun Rising " :-
" The Rising Sun " is a well-known poem of John Donne. It is addressed to the sun by a lover . Who is in the company of his beloved. The poem open with the lover's rebuke to the rising sun . The love compares shine of the eyes of his beloved and the shine of the sun . He suggests that rising sun to take a trip off the whole world and to make survey whether spices of India are more beautiful or his beloved. And we find the comparison between the political empire of a king and the empire of love.
(2) " Death Be Not Proud " :-
" Holy Sonnet X : Death Be Not Proud " is a very popular holy Sonnet of John Donne. The present sonnet addressed by the poet to death itself . In this poem the poet try to nullify fear of death . And the death offers sleep and rest to mankind. And in this poem we also find Donne's beliefs in the theory of rebirth .
∆ Day 2 :-
(3) " The flea " :-
Donne's has taken here help of a biological image of flea to deal with the many themes like love , sex , marriage etc.
The poem devided into three stanza. It is through this image of the flea - an insect that the lover in the present poem expresses his love for a woman and tries to convince her not to refuse his love for her.
(4) " Elegy X : The Dream " :-
" The Dream " by John Donne can be considered as a poem of comparison between life in dream and life in reality . Through this poem poet wants to convey that life in reality can never be so much interesting and joyful as life in dream and reality .
(5) " Song : Sweetest Love , I Do Not Go " :-
"Sweetest love , I do not go " by Donne is a poem about death in live . Here poet wants to convey that those who love never die , physical death is no death at all . In love there can be only one type of death in love and that is saperation . The poem is addressed by a lover to his beloved in which his attempt is to convince his beloved not to be sad because of his fast approaching physical death.
∆ DAY 3 :-
And the last session of the metaphysical potry Mandaliya sir taught us one poem "The Ecstacy " by John Donne.
(6) " The Ecstacy " :-
The poem about abstract experience of onness in sublime love . The poet here wants to explain significance of both body and soul in love . Here the journey is from body to soul and back to body . The reading of this poem makes it clear that Donne must gone through the " Geeta " . Because there is over - tone of Geeta in the present poem.
∆ through this three days session we learnt so many new things . And I like Mandaliya sir's unique style of teaching , presence of mind , using humour , and also he explained difficult things to easy way .
And I would like to say thanks to Mandaliya sir and also Dr. Dillip Barad sir for organizing this session.
THANK YOU .
∆ Day 1 :-
In the first session of the metaphysical poetry formal welcome and introduction of Mandaliya sir by Dr. Dilip Barad sir. And first Mandaliya sir explained to us many metaphysical poets like , Dr. Samuel Johnson , John Donne , Abraham Cowley , George Herbert etc. And than sir explained the mejor metaphysical poet John Donne's writing style and chief characteristics of his poems like ,
* Conscious attempt
* Far fatched images
And we also know that John Donne was pioneer of the group of the metaphysical poets. First Mandaliya sir was gaving the meaning of the "what is metaphysical poetry" . And than he explained two great metaphysical poems of John Donne's like ,
• " The Sun Rising "
• " Death Be Not Proud "
(1) "The Sun Rising " :-
" The Rising Sun " is a well-known poem of John Donne. It is addressed to the sun by a lover . Who is in the company of his beloved. The poem open with the lover's rebuke to the rising sun . The love compares shine of the eyes of his beloved and the shine of the sun . He suggests that rising sun to take a trip off the whole world and to make survey whether spices of India are more beautiful or his beloved. And we find the comparison between the political empire of a king and the empire of love.
(2) " Death Be Not Proud " :-
" Holy Sonnet X : Death Be Not Proud " is a very popular holy Sonnet of John Donne. The present sonnet addressed by the poet to death itself . In this poem the poet try to nullify fear of death . And the death offers sleep and rest to mankind. And in this poem we also find Donne's beliefs in the theory of rebirth .
∆ Day 2 :-
On the second day Mandaliya sir had taken three poems . And through his lecture he gave so many examples like, Dushyant and shakuntala , jagte raho , Amar prem etc.
(3) " The flea " :-
Donne's has taken here help of a biological image of flea to deal with the many themes like love , sex , marriage etc.
The poem devided into three stanza. It is through this image of the flea - an insect that the lover in the present poem expresses his love for a woman and tries to convince her not to refuse his love for her.
(4) " Elegy X : The Dream " :-
" The Dream " by John Donne can be considered as a poem of comparison between life in dream and life in reality . Through this poem poet wants to convey that life in reality can never be so much interesting and joyful as life in dream and reality .
(5) " Song : Sweetest Love , I Do Not Go " :-
"Sweetest love , I do not go " by Donne is a poem about death in live . Here poet wants to convey that those who love never die , physical death is no death at all . In love there can be only one type of death in love and that is saperation . The poem is addressed by a lover to his beloved in which his attempt is to convince his beloved not to be sad because of his fast approaching physical death.
∆ DAY 3 :-
And the last session of the metaphysical potry Mandaliya sir taught us one poem "The Ecstacy " by John Donne.
(6) " The Ecstacy " :-
The poem about abstract experience of onness in sublime love . The poet here wants to explain significance of both body and soul in love . Here the journey is from body to soul and back to body . The reading of this poem makes it clear that Donne must gone through the " Geeta " . Because there is over - tone of Geeta in the present poem.
∆ through this three days session we learnt so many new things . And I like Mandaliya sir's unique style of teaching , presence of mind , using humour , and also he explained difficult things to easy way .
And I would like to say thanks to Mandaliya sir and also Dr. Dillip Barad sir for organizing this session.
Well done
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