Download or read book The Language of the Metaphysical Poets written by Frances Austin and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Frances Austin examines the language of the five best-known metaphysical poets, Donne, Herbert, Crashaw, Vaughan and Traherne. The author shows how the characteristics of their vocabulary, figurative language, syntactical structures and versification reflect their individual attitudes towards their shared Christian faith, which is the subject matter of most of their poetry. The diversity of language, albeit having a common basis, is demonstrated in the course of this work.