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At the end of the century, John Dryden censured Donne for affecting "the metaphysics" and for perplexing "the minds of the fair sex with nice speculations of philosophy when he should engage their hearts... with the softnesses of love. " Samuel Johnson, in referring to the learning that their poetry displays, also dubbed them "the metaphysical poets, " and the term has continued in use ever since. Eliot's adoption of the label as a term of praise is arguably a better guide to his personal aspirations about his own poetry than to the Metaphysical poets themselves; his use of metaphysical underestimates these poets' debt to lyrical and socially engaged verse. Nonetheless, the term is useful for identifying the often-intellectual character of their writing. This article was most recently revised and updated by J. E. Luebering, Executive Editorial Director. Learn More in these related Britannica articles: English literature: The Metaphysical poets …for all time as the Metaphysicals; what unites these poets as a group is less the violent yoking of unlike ideas to which Johnson objected than that they were all poets of personal and individual feeling, responding to their time's pressures privately or introspectively.
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