The Sun Rising
Poetry
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John Donne
The Sun Rising Key Facts
Title: The Sun Rising
Poet: John Donne
Written Date: Unknown
Publication Date: 1633, in Donne’s collection of poems, Songs and Sonnets
Form: Metaphysical Love Poem (a personal love poem with deep thoughts)
Meter: The meter is not regular in this poem; the third, fourth, and seventh through tenth lines in each stanza are in iambic pentameter
Rhyme Scheme: ABBACDCDEE in each stanza
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The Sun Rising Themes
Power of True Love: In this poem, the speaker says that true love is more powerful than anything—more than the sun, time, seasons, kings, or wealth. He feels that nothing in the outside world matters when two lovers are together. He scolds the sun for disturbing them in the morning. For him, their small room becomes the whole world. The lovers feel satisfied with each other, and they do not need a...
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The Sun Rising Summary
Stanza 1—Scolding the Sun, Love Does not Follow Time
The speaker/poet wakes up with his lover in bed and sees the sun rising. He personifies the Sun and calls it a “busy old fool.” This means the speaker is annoyed that the Sun has disturbed their private moment. He asks the Sun why he is shining into their room through the windows and curtains. He wonders why lovers should stop their time togethe...
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The Sun Rising Literary Device
Figures of Speech
Personification
Personification means giving human qualities to non-human things.
Example: The speaker personifies the sun and talks to the sun like it is a person. He calls it a “busy old fool.” He scolds the sun for disturbing him and his beloved early in the morning. He tells the sun to “go chide” other people. So, here, the poet treats the sun like a person who can hear, thin...
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The Sun Rising Quotations
“Busy old fool, unruly sun,”
The speaker is scolding the sun for disturbing him and his beloved early in the morning. Because they are enjoying their moment together.
“Love, all alike, no season knows nor clime,
Nor hours, days, months, which are the rags of time.”
True love is more powerful than the sun. True love does not depend on seasons, climate, months, days, or hours. True love is timeles...
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Notes
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