Read full poem →Yet more abstruse and profound is Donne's reflection upon man as a
microcosm:
Dictionary Entry
Human nature or the human body as representative of the wider universe; man considered as a miniature counterpart of divine or universal nature.
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Poetry examples for “microcosm”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.