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Poems of John Donne: Verse Letters

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From: Monarch Notes
Date: 19630101
Author:Donne, John

Donne, John
Monarch Notes
01-01-1963
Verse Letters

Verse letters were a common literary form, about which there is little to
be said. For the most part they took the form of pretty compliments to friends
or patrons, though Donne's were occasionally serious and often managed to be
informative.

The Calme:

(This was possibly written in 1597, while Donne was a member of a
nautical mission against the Spanish.) The poem is a companion piece to a
slightly longer verse letter, The Storme, addressed to Donne's friend
Christopher Brooke. The title refers to the becalming of the sailing ship on
which ...

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