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Metaphysical poetry was a literary movement which took place from around 1600 to 1650. Shakespear... more Metaphysical poetry was a literary movement which took place from around 1600 to 1650. Shakespeare was one of the main influence of these artists. It was not a school : they did not define themselves as metaphysical poets. There are common points between them, but they do not claim to be part of one single school. There is also no definitive list of metaphysical poets, but one is always present : John Donne. Metaphysical poetry is therefore a blurry term designating an heterogeneous class of artists, which sometimes only applies to a certain part of an artist's corpus of works.
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