Who is considered the leading poet of the Jacobean period?

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Explanation

John Donne is widely recognized as the foremost poet of the Jacobean era, known for his metaphysical poetry that marked the period. John Milton and Francis Bacon were prominent figures but belonged to different eras or fields, and Herbert Spencer was a philosopher, not a poet.

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Who is considered the leading poet of the Jacobean period?

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