HSA English solved Model Question Paper ctd.

1.              4.    The writer of Holly Sonnets is ………………………………….

               Answer: John Donne.

• Donne is a major Meta physical poet. He shifted the theme of English sonnet from sexual love to a variety of religious themes in 17^th century.
•   The term Metaphysical was first used by John Dryden in his Discourse Concerning Satire (1693) to refer Donne's poetry. Later in 1779, Samuel Johnson extended the term  to refer a group of writers.
•   Major secular Metaphysical poets are

      Cleveland

      Marvell

      Cowley

Religious poets are

      Herbert

      Vaughan

      Crashaw

      Traherne