A Comparative Study of Love Tradition in Vidyapati and John Donne

Humanities

Looking into the dynamics of Love tradition we can set a benchmark of platonic love as the starting point to measure the comparison of Love expressed through the poetry of Vidyapati and John Donne. Although scholars have agreed that we all worship love but it is not an easy task to define Love. It is the most complex topic which varies from person to person as it is multidimensional. Love for the beloved or the lover is just a part of it. In fact there are so many points to prove that love encompasses the entire world. John Donne is known for metaphysical form of poetry whereas Vidyapati is a kind of poet who has written on almost all the horizons of love. He is a celebrated poet and writer who know the origination of poetical imagination. He has written about beauty of Radha, pain in separation which is known as virah-vedna. Love for Nature is special to Vidyapati and he has written poems for mother Ganga also. John Donne has also written several beautiful poems on Love and it is very interesting to see both these poets forming two sides of same coin.

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