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the metaphysical poet's introduced various changes in the language of love poetry as a reaction to some norms of Elizabethan poetry. What were the metaphysical poet's reacting against

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the flowery language used in Elizabethan lyrics

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The metaphysical poets aimed to change the high-flown language of Elizabethan poetry. They were reacting against the flowery language Elizabethan poets used.


Flowery language means that a language contains long, literary expressions.

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