The Renaissance period is a rebirth of the cultured and artistic sprite of the classical era. It began in Italy in the 14th century, but did not come the England till the 19th century. John Donne and John Milton were two great Renaissance poets who incorporated many of the characteristics of the Renaissance into their Poetry. While Donne's A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning displays a central characteristic, a use of conceits; Milton's Paradise Lost has more characteristics of the Renaissance because it shows more Renaissance
features namely, a use of classical models, a use of an exalted literary style and a use of classical allusions.
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