1173English LiteratureMedium
Who is the representative of the metaphysical poets?
ASamuel Johnson
BGeoffrey Chaucer
CJohn Donne
DRobert Browning
Correct answer
C. John Donne
Explanation
The correct answer is John Donne.
Correct answer
C. John Donne
Explanation
The correct answer is John Donne.
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It was about this time that I conceiv’d the bold and arduous Project of arriving at moral Perfection. I wish’d to live without committing any Fault at any time; I would conquer all that either Natural Inclination, Custom, or Company might lead me into. As I knew, or thought I knew, what was right and wrong, I did not see why I might not always do the one and avoid the other. But I soon found I had undertaken a Task of more difficulty than I had imagined.... I included under Thirteen names of Virtues all that at that time occurr’d to me as necessary or desirable, and annex’d to each a short Precept, which fully express’d the Extent I gave to its Meaning?
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