John Donne
Lesson plans for poetry and essays

Is No Man an Island?
Designed for 8th graders, this standards-based lesson encourages students to memorize and analyze the "no man is an island" passage. Students also work with art and music.

John Donne
Links to criticism, biography, and e-texts from the Internet Public Library.

John Donne
A brief biography and links to e-texts of the Meditations, poetry, and quotations.

John Donne Online
Links to a variety of poems and prose.

The Metaphysical Poets
This study guide includes poetry by Donne, George Herbert, Andrew Marvell, and Henry Vaughan.

Part Three: The Early Modern West
Introduction and four journal topics for "The Good-Morrow," "The Flea," Holy Sonnets X and XIV, and "Hymn to God the Father."

Reading Guide: John Donne
Critical commentary on "The Sun Rising," links to other poems.

Study Questions on John Donne
This page has study questions for the following: "The Good Morrow," "Go and Catch a Falling Star," "The Sun Rising," "The Canonization," "The Flea," "A Nocturnal," "The Bait," "A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning," "The Ecstasy," "A Lecture upon the Shadow," "Holy Sonnets," "Good Friday, 1613. Riding Westward," "Devotions: Meditation 4," "Devotions: Meditation 17," "Devotions: Expostulation 19," and an excerpt from Sermon 76.

"The Sun Rising"
Teaching tips, discussion questions, and writing ideas. Click on the "Poem Guide" tab for critical commentary.

"A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning"
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