John —, English poet (5)

I believe the answer is:

donne

(Other definitions for donne that I've seen before include "English preacher and metaphysical poet, d. 1631" , "John -, English poet" , "Writer of poetry" , "basic assumption" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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