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He was an English poet, teacher, High Church Anglican cleric and Roman Catholic convert, who was one of the major metaphysical poets in 17 th -century English literature. He was the son of a famous Anglican divine with Puritan beliefs, William Crashaw , who earned a reputation as a hard-hitting pamphleteer and polemicist against Catholicism. After his father’s death, Crashaw was educated at Charterhouse School and Pembroke College, Cambridge. After taking a degree, Crashaw taught as a fellow at Peterhouse, Cambridge and began to publish religious poetry that expressed a distinct mystical nature and an ardent Christian faith. He was ordained as a clergyman in the Church of England and in his theology and practice embraced the High Church reforms of Archbishop Laud. Crashaw became infamous among English Puritans for his use of Christian art to decorate his church, for his devotion to the Virgin Mary, for his use of Catholic vestments, and for many other reasons. During these years,...

The metaphysical poetry is an essential genre of poetry that is significant for its open challenging style, the deep philosophical and spiritual exploration, vivid imagery and influence on English poetry by metaphysical posts. It is really very important continuation to be recognized and valued by literary scholars and poetry enthusiasts today. At beginning , I have introduced the metaphysical Poetry and then, I have mentioned the unique style of writing about love understanding by John Donne. He wants to convey his readers that if you want love in true sense or heartfelt gratitude in your journey then you must go inside the bottom of the Utopian world or in the world of images. He has used his best technique to explore new comparative love understanding by seeking of images in his best poem like “The Sun Rising ”, Love and “ The Dream” . As far as I concern, I would like to mention the unique style of exploration of deep spritual bounding by George Herbert. Actually, Herbert is ver...