John ​​Donne: A Selection of His Poetry’ is a collection of Donne’s love poems addressing both physical and spiritual love. His works often explore longing, loyalty, and perseverance in relationships. John Donne, a 17th-century English metaphysical poet. Donne’s diverse works range from sensual love poems from his youth, such as Songs and Sonnets, to deeper, more introspective religious poems, such as Holy Sonnets. The poems explore themes of love, sexuality, spirituality, and death with a unique blend of wit, emotion, and surprising metaphor. Donne is renowned for using clever and sometimes surprising metaphors from the world around him to illustrate abstract ideas, such as using fleas (lice) in his poems.