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This 2 page essay discusses poet John Donne's 'The Anagram' and explores the ways in which it relates to Donne's ideas of female beauty and language. No bibliography.
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the metaphysical poets and one of the greatest writers of the poetry of love. "The Anagram" serves as an example of his mastery of the language and his ability
to infuse meaning between ("meta") the physical planes of universally agreed-upon reality. Donne belonged to a group of writers for whom personal passion was more important than social prominence, and
whose writing reflected the gendered bias of their century. As such, his attitudes about the opposite sex, society, measures of beauty,
and language provide a relatively constant leit-motif throughout his poetry. In fact, throughout most of Donnes poetry, readers can easily see his opinions toward the traditional attitudes governing marriage and
relationships as a means to consolidate wealth and prestige. Donnes poems can certainly be appreciated for their vivid imagery and emotional intensity alone, but by considering the social context that
they grew out of and how they address it, a whole new level of meaning enriches the passions and highlights the transcendence of his works.
In "Elegy 2: The Anagram," Donne explains to his readers that beauty is not a matter of physical beauty. After all, "She hath yet an anagram of
a good face." His voice is directly personal as he enumerates the many faults of "thy Flavia." He reminds the man who would marry Flavia that, "If red and
white and each good quality/ Be in thy wench, neer ask where it doth lie." Clearly if one were to rearrange the "anagram, this aspect or that might fit
together in ways more pleasing to others but the fact remains that she still carries all of the attributes and characteristics of what is deemed as beauty. Perhaps he
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