Donne's reputation as a love poet rests on fifty-five lyric poems published in 1633 covering a wide emotional range from extreme physical passion to spiritual love. Some poems depict love relationships outside marriage, while others emphasize the impossibility of finding a faithful woman or express contempt for womanhood. Donne's treatment of love is both sensuous and lustful, analyzing love situations intellectually without describing female beauty. His poetry explores the three strains of attitudes towards women, conjugal love, and platonic love from a realistic perspective.
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