Samuel Johnson was referring to a group of English lyric poets when he coined the term "metaphysical poets". These poets lived in the seventeenth century. Their work was mainly about love, humour, love and metaphysical conceits. Their poetry was often far-fetched with unusual metaphors or similes. The metaphysical poets wrote very different poetry from the general style of the other poets of their time. They were not interested in writing about the usual images of nature or classical mythology.