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Conceit

Conceit. A comparison between 2 startlingly different things. Purposes of Conceit. Surprise Emphasize the unity among all things in God’s creation---high and low; familiar and strange. John Donne. Union of a man and a woman to a flea, having bitten them both, unites their blood within itself.

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Conceit

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  1. Conceit A comparison between 2 startlingly different things

  2. Purposes of Conceit • Surprise • Emphasize the unity among all things in God’s creation---high and low; familiar and strange

  3. John Donne • Union of a man and a woman to a flea, having bitten them both, unites their blood within itself

  4. George Herbert • Humanity and God compared to a tenant and a rich landlord

  5. Edward Taylor • Spinning wool compared to salvation

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