Notes on Donne's 'Songs and Sonnets' + 'Holy Sonnets'

A poem-by-poem analysis of John Donne’s Songs and Sonnets and Holy Sonnets; the poems set by AQA for the Donne English A-level. Includes a line-by-line analysis, as well as contextual notes and themes that link the poems together, which can be useful for students when writing about more than one poem in an essay. This set of notes summarises each poem into langauge easier for A-level students to understand, as Donne’s train of thought can often be very difficult to follow. A basis for students in their exploration of Donne; these notes can be fleshed out by their own thoughts and analysis.