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This is a collection of the love poems of John Donne (1571-1631) who is regarded as one of the greatest of the English metaphysical poets. The son of a merchant, he studied at both at Oxford and Cambridge, and later at Lincoln's Inn. He secretly married Ann More and tookā¦
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At one point I was going to go for Romeo and JulietĀ as it is such a great study of young teens being in love with theĀ ideaĀ of being in love, choosing the forbidden, and living in the moment/living without thinking (you decide!) no matter the cost. But then I decided to go for the Donne instead.
Donne would have started writing his love/sex poems when he was a teen himself and in an age when it was deemed normal that young peopleās thoughts turned to these matters during puberty. Perhaps more than any other writer he can encapsulateā¦
From Patrick's list on teenagers in love and lust.
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