Explain the metaphor of the seven sleepers' den in the poem.

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Coleridge's Poems

Explain the metaphor of the seven sleepers' den in the poem.

This line are taken from Donne's "The Good Morrow"

Asked by azizar r #342888 on 10/27/2013 10:47 AM

Last updated by Aslan on 10/27/2013 11:37 AM

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Answered by Aslan on 10/27/2013 11:37 AM

The ‘seven sleepers den’ is a biblical allusion to a Catholic legend where a group of sleepers awoke to find themselves "thunderstruck" at their new reality.

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