... wooing whether for a woman or God. Donne takes metaphors from all kind of spheres of life, especially from crafts and sciences, and makes frequent use of the "conceit": a surprising, ingenious , far-fetched turn of ideas. Often a whole poem is an extended "conceit" and frequently a poem ends ends with a final "conceit" in the last two lines. Donne developed his technique writing love poetry, and later adapted it to the writing of religious poetry. Comparing Donne to Herbert: The poetry of George Herbert shows that to a large extent he folowed the lead inititated by John Donne. But he also made contributions which were quite distinct. The distinguishing characteristic by Herbert is his simplicity of diction and metaphor. He retains the colloquial manner, and, to an extent, the logical persuasive presentation of ideas. But his metaphors are drawn from everyday domestic experience. Employing a range of simple commonplace imagery ...

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