The Sun Rising

by John Donne

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The Sun Rising Questions and Answers

Discuss the features of metaphysical poetry in "The Sun Rising"?

What is a metaphysical conceit? How does “The Sun Rising” exemplify this kind of conceit?

Extract the figures of speech in "The Sun Rising" by John Donne.

"She's all states, and all princes I/ Nothing else is" Explain this quotation  with reference to the context from "The Sun Rising" by John Donne.

How does Donne combine physical and spiritual love in the poem "The Sun Rising"?

In "The Sun Rising," explain the use of hyperbole in the line "She's all states, and all princes, I."

How does Donne use repetition, personification, and/or irony in "The Sun Rising"?

How is "The Sun Rising" by John Donne a metaphysical poem?

What is a critical evaluation of Donne's poem "The Sun Rising"?

Explain the grammar and structure of the poem "The Sun Rising" by John Donne.

How does the poet portray the sun as an annoying interruption in "The Sun Rising"?

What is the significance of the sun in the poem “The Sun Rising” by John Donne?

Analyze and Explain the "Sun rising" poem by John Donne?

Could anyone please help me identify the literary devices in poem "The Sun Rising" by John Donne?

What is the mode of the writer in the beginning of the poem "The Sun Rising"?

Why is Rose an important symbol in English literature, especially in romantic love literature?   Christianity introduced the rose symbol. But later it assumed secular connotations. In the Elizabethan age, poets in their innumerable lyrics and sonnets used the rose symbol from multiple points of view. Like the sun,'Rose' is an important symbol in literature. Long ago Robert Burns sang : 'My luve's like a red, red rose'. Since then rose is an integral part of romantic love literature. Chirstina Rossetti wrote about the wonderful rose in the ever poetic style of her own : O Rose , thou flower of flowers, thou fragrant wonder'. The Rose was in the deep of Yeats' hearts. Who can ever forget O.Henry's 'The Rose of Dixie'. Dr.Bhattacharjee R.Kolkata, West Bengal, India

In poem "The Sunne Rising", how does Donne enact a witty yet, veiled challenge to social hierarchy in his time and exert his rights as an individual?

What is the conceit of the poem "The Sun Rising"? How does this relate to its classification as an aubade?

Who first published "The Rising Sun" (otherwise know as "The Sun Rising") by John Donne?

Please help me with the main theme of "The Sun Rising" by John Donne. Or explain and analyze each stanza in it 

Sun: importance of sun in English poetry Why is sun a recurrent theme in the poetry of the Elizabethan period? Shakespeare used it in his sonnet no 18. Donne uses the 'sun' time and again. Did these poets take keen interest in astronomy? The solar world had an attraction for Donne. Waking at morning is also a theme in Donne's poem. But see how different is the treatment of the sun in A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry .