Modern poets also think deeply but they often show confusion and chaos In The Waste Land T S Eliot writes April is the cruellest month This shows how modern poets think about how life is difficult and broken Use of Conceits and Imagery Metaphysical poets often use strange and creative comparisons called Conceits For example John Donne compares two lovers to two hemispheres in his poem The Good Morrow Modern poets use interesting images too In A Station of the Metro Ezra Pound compares people in a crowd to Petals on a wet black bough This shows how both types of poets use surprising pictures in their poems Themes of Religion and Spirituality Metaphysical poets often wrote about God and faith George Herbert s poem The Collar talks about his feelings toward God Modern poets also think about spiritual matters but they are often unsure or doubtful In The Hollow Men T S Eliot shows how modern poets feel lost or unsure about life s meaning Language and Simplicity Metaphysical poets used simple language but complex ideas John Donne s words are easy to read but the meaning is deep Modern poets sometimes use more complicated or unclear language Eliot said modern poetry must be difficult because the world is complicated In short metaphysical poets and modern poets are different in many ways but both groups are special because they mix deep thoughts with strong feelings Even though they are different both types of poets help us think more about life love and the world around us