Johne Donne is a typical metaphysical poet.Discuss the features of metaphysical poetry in two of Donne's poems.

John Donne's poetry has two major
phases:

Early Donne: poetry is
about physical love and the physical union of the male and
female

Late Donne: poetry is
about sin and guilt and the spiritual union between man and
God

He uses metaphysical
("above," "beyond" the physical; spiritual; erotic; supernatural)
conceits: elaborate and extended metaphors about the
following subjects: alchemy, horticulture, astronomy, navigation, neo-Platonism,
military, microcosm/macrocosm, law, and
mathematics.

• "The Flea" uses the conceit of
  blood exchange to represent physical union (sex).  The poem is a grand pick-up line:
  he's trying to convince her to go to bed.  The conceit compares physical death to a kind
  of orgasm.


• "Forbidding Mourning" uses the conceit of a
  compass (geometrical instrument).  The female is the fixed point and the male is the
  traveling pencil.  He is away while she is at home, but if she waits for him, he will
  come "full circle" to form a symbol of love: the
  ring.