The metaphysical poetry The metaphysical poetry occupies a unique place in the history of English poetry. It is known as the school of John Donne because he was the pioneer who established this new trend of writing poetry. It was not John Donne who named it as the metaphysical poetry. This title was given to the poetry of Donne and his school by Dr. Samuel Johnson. The poets of which made a conscious attempt to differ in their way of writing poetry from other posts . So basically this term 'metaphysical poetry ' has been evolved by Samuel Johnson to identify the poetry of the school of Donne. Conscious attempt All the Metaphysical poets were the men of learning , they were degree holders of reputed universities of England . They wanted to display their wit and learning through poetry . So they made it conscious attempt to write poetry in a scholarly way. They wanted to differ from the former poets