An Analysis of John Donne's Contradictory Concept of Love from the View of His Love Poems

As the founder and chief representative of the English Metaphysical School,John Donne composes mainly poems about love and religions,of which the former embodies his distinctive style.John Donne's love poems fall into two conflicting categories: positive and negative attitude towards love.John Donne's contradictory concept of love is closely associated with change of identity from Roman Catholicism to Anglicanism,from a loose guy to a well-known clergyman as well as his life experience of frustrations.