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Metaphysical

Met·a·phys·i·cal


adjective 
Definition:
 
of early 17C poetry: relating to the poetic style of John Donne, George Herbert, and other early 17th-century English poets who used consciously intellectual language and elaborate metaphors that compared dissimilar things



noun  (plural Met·a·phys·i·cals)
Definition:
 
Metaphysical poet: a poet of the Metaphysical group

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