John Dunn

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Person
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Church_of_England
Metaphysical poetry
Metaphysical poets
gptkbp:birthDate 1572-01-22
gptkbp:bornIn gptkb:London
gptkbp:children gptkb:Mary_Dunn
gptkb:John_Dunn_Jr.
gptkb:Elizabeth_Dunn
gptkb:Thomas_Dunn
Margaret_Dunn
gptkbp:contributedTo Complex imagery
Use of colloquial language
Exploration of love and faith
Innovative use of metaphors
Themes of mortality and spirituality
gptkbp:deathDate 1631-03-31
gptkbp:diedIn gptkb:Ely,_Cambridgeshire
gptkbp:education gptkb:University_of_Oxford
gptkb:Lincoln's_Inn
gptkbp:hasOccupation gptkb:Poet
Cleric
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label John Dunn
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:T.S._Eliot
gptkb:W.H._Auden
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:William_Shakespeare
gptkb:John_Milton
gptkbp:knownFor Philosophical poetry
Religious poetry
Love_poetry
gptkbp:legacy Influence on modern poetry
Cultural references in media
Study in literature courses
Inspiration for contemporary poets
Recognition_in_anthologies
gptkbp:notableWork Sermons
The Complete Poems
Songs and Sonnets
Devotions upon Emergent Occasions
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Anne_More
gptkbp:wrote A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning
Holy Sonnets
The Flea
The Sun Rising
The Canonization