This is a Quora answer to my question "What is metaphysical poetry, and who is a living metaphysical poet?"
Metaphysical poetry: highly intellectualized poetry marked by bold and ingenious conceits, incongruous imagery, complexity and subtlety of thought, frequent use of paradox, and often by deliberate harshness or rigidity of expression
Metaphysical poets write on weighty topics such as love and religion using metaphysical poetry. : highly intellectualized poetry marked by bold and ingenious conceits, incongruous imagery, complexity and subtlety of thought, frequent use of paradox, and often by deliberate harshness or rigidity of expression. The word metaphysical is a combination of the prefix of "meta" meaning "after" with the word "physical." The phrase “after physical” refers to something that cannot be explained by science.
None of the metaphysical poets that I read about lives now.
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What is metaphysical poetry, and who is a living metaphysical poet?
