John Donne and George Herbert are both known to be metaphysical poets of the 17th century. Metaphysical poetry is intellectual poetry that uses a comparison focused on science, religion, and mathematics. John Donne grew up in a religious family and was ordained as an Angelic priest later in his life. George Herbert was also very religious; he was ordained a priest just as Donne had been. John Donne knew Herbert's mother, which made him become one of Herbert's main influences. Both Donne and Herbert focused on writing religious poems that spread their beliefs. John Donne wrote “Holy Sonnet 10” a stirring religious poem about Death having no power because God promises eternal life, so Death itself is only temporarily doing God's work. George Herbert wrote “Love (III)” which it was also a religious poem about a sinful guest who feels unworthy of being in the presence of Love personified as God. Throughout the poem Love tries to make the guest feel welcome regardless of what he has done. Both Donne and Herbert write their poems to express their faith in a way that also expresses their feelings. Even if they use some reason in their poems, ultimately their poems are based on emotions. In seventeenth century poetry Donne and Herbert found emotion more important than reason in their poems. In George Herbert's "Love (III)" emotion was the driving factor of the poem. God is personified as Love, the host, and the guest is a sinner who feels unworthy. In the last stanza Love and the guest exchange words: "My dear, then I will serve",/ "You must sit down", says Love, "and taste my flesh"./ So I sat down and ate." ( Herbert lines 16-18) The guest offers to serve God, and a...... middle of paper ......to convince himself of what he says rather than trying to convince Death by doing that exact thing , the speaker shows not only the fear of Death, but also the fear of Donne in a sense writes to alleviate his doubts, although his doubts are subtle he manages to overcome them by writing "Holy Sonnet 10". in the poem it is driven by Donne's emotion.Without emotion the poem would lose the confidence it has The poem would focus mostly on what Donne knows about his religion rather what he believes about his religion and this in a way. makes it closer to his real feelings. In conclusion, emotion was more important in both "Sacred Sonnet 10" and "Love (III)" because without either they would have lost their complete meaning. In seventeenth century poetry Donne and Herbert found emotion more important than reason in their poems..