Books like John Donne Poetry

John Donne Poetry by John Donne reads as passionate, contemplative. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

The Poems of Andrew Marvell

Andrew Marvell · 1857

Shares the romance + vornate thread

76% genome match

The love poems of John Donne

John Donne · 1905

Shares the meaning + romance thread

74% genome match

Habibi

Craig Thompson · 2011

Shares the romance + faith thread

69% genome match

Religio medici

Thomas Browne · 1642

Shares the meaning + faith thread

69% genome match

Night thoughts

Edward Young · 1742

Shares the meaning + vornate thread

79% genome match

Book of common prayer

Church of England · 1537

Shares the meaning + faith thread

69% genome match

The dream of Gerontius

John Henry Newman · 1865

Shares the meaning + faith thread

69% genome match

Les contemplations

Victor Hugo · 1856

Shares the meaning + vornate thread

75% genome match

Poems (Lover's Complaint / Passionate Pilgrim / Phoenix and the Turtle / Rape of Lucrece / Sonnets / Venus and Adonis)

William Shakespeare · 1771

Shares the romance + vornate thread

73% genome match

The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse

Louise Erdrich · 2001

Shares the meaning + faith thread

69% genome match

Rime

Francesco Petrarca · 1475

Shares the meaning + vornate thread

72% genome match

Stundenbuch

Rainer Maria Rilke · 1922

Shares the faith + vornate thread

70% genome match