Which major 20th-century poet is credited with reviving interest in John Donne and the Metaphysicals?
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Correct answer: T.S. Eliot
T.S. Eliot's 1921 essay 'The Metaphysical Poets' argued that Donne possessed a 'sensibility' that could fuse thought and feeling. This helped end the 18th and 19th-century view that Metaphysical poetry was merely clever or 'unnatural'.
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