What is ‘metaphysical poetry’, and who were the metaphysical poets? The term – which was popularised by Samuel Johnson in the eighteenth century, is often used to describe the work of poets including John Donne, George Herbert, and Andrew Marvell, although Johnson originally applied it to the poetry of Abraham […]
Previously, we’ve offered our pick of the best morning poems, evening poems, and night poems. What does that leave? Well, afternoon poems, for one! Below are ten of the finest poems for afternoon, poems about the afternoon, or poems which might, for one reason or another, be described as ‘afternoon […]
This is the fifth entry in our poetry calendar: you can read our poetry recommendations for January, our pick of the best February poems, our poems for March, and our April poems in previous posts. Now, it’s the turn of May, which is a time of Mayday, Maypoles, and going […]