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S/LI/473. A critical commentary on John Donne's “A Nocturnal Upon St Lucy's Day”

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2011
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This paper examines John Donne’s “A Nocturnal Upon St Lucy’s Day”, a poem that is elegiac form. The paper argues that its elegiac form is integral to the meaning of the poem. The paper begins by providing information on elegies, and this is followed by a very in depth evaluation of aspects of the poem. The paper pays great attention to the relationship between form and content, and images and poetic devices.

 

KEYWORDS: John Donne, A Nocturnal Upon St Lucy’s Day, elegiac!,

 
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