Samuel Johnson was first to point out the similarities in style and content of some poets of the Jacobean and Carolinian periods. Choose the correct words to complete the passage below.
Metaphysical poetry in the ---------
century broke away from conventions of lyric poetry. The difference is apparent in the choice of -------
imagery, intellectual wordplay, and the use of colloquial language. John Donne, Andrew Marvell, and George Herbert wrote in this style.