Brian Patten, Jackie Kay, Conceits & the Metaphysical Poets

Here are some of the things we mentioned in class while discussing Carol Ann Duffy and her poems.

• Brian Patten

http://www.brianpatten.co.uk/

http://www.poetryarchive.org/poet/brian-patten

http://literature.britishcouncil.org/brian-patten

• Jackie Kay

http://literature.britishcouncil.org/jackie-kay

https://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poetry/poets/jackie-kay

http://www.poetryarchive.org/poet/jackie-kay

• (Metaphysical) Conceit

"violent yoking together of apparently unconnected ideas" 1


On the conceit

http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/130855/conceit#ref288176

http://www.poetryfoundation.org/learning/glossary-term/conceit

http://literarydevices.net/conceit/


On the Metaphysical poets

http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/377915/Metaphysical-poet


On John Donne & his poems

http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/john-donne

http://www.bartleby.com/357/


"A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning" by John Donne