john donne
HOW DONNE HAS DONE SUCH A WONDERFUL JOB WITH CONCEITS John Donne’s poetry has proven to be, as Wallace Stevens said, “a magnificent fury. ... Most of the success of Donne’s poetry, in my opinion, lies in his beautiful and harmonious use of the literary technique of conceits. ... I remember reading it for the first time in my senior year of high school, and felt as if Donne wrote that poem just for me at that specific moment in my life. ... Donne actually uses various conceits in that poem.