Question

Who was the first critic the use the term metaphysical?

Answer 1

Metaphysical poet, any of the poets in 17th-century England who inclined to the personal and intellectualcomplexity and concentration that is displayed in the poetry of John Donne, the chief of the Metaphysicals. Others include Henry Vaughan, Andrew Marvell, John Cleveland, and Abraham Cowley as well as, to a lesser extent, George Herbert and Richard Crashaw.