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John Donne is an prominent name and he is regarded as the leader of metaphysical school of poetry. The innovation his poetry is noted specifically in his affectionate love poems which perfectly balance impulse and wit. The poem The Sun Rising is a typical metaphysical love poem, in the sense that the emotional element of love is seen to have a rare intellectual ground and the poem has well maintained the intellectual restraint emotive depth and intellectual consciences. The poem take on the characteristics paradox of Donne's metaphysical love poetry. The avenue in which he challenges the sun and rebuke him with such terms 'old full' 'unruly' 'wretch' highly revealed the metaphysical temperament of the poem. |
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| The Sun Rising |
The poem tells about the mood of self complacent love of John Donne and his beloved. Here the poets lover expresses her violent anger for the sun addressing him "busy old fool" "unruly sunny". In a mock witty spirit the poet addresses the all-powerful sun as a 'wretch' and warns him against disturbing the lovers in their happy union. The theme of the poem centers around the happy and joyful union between both the lover and the beloved. It is such a union and bond where the poet has even not allowed the sun to disturb them. Nothing is admitted as superior to the lover of the poet and his beloved. And finally in a triumphant mood, the poet has fixed the activity of the Sun, which nothing but to warm them and at the same time the center of the Sun becomes bad of the lovers and walls become his sphere.
Although The Sun Rising, is not pointedly toward the love of mingling body and soul, or neither confrontation of splendor love, rather it has own kind of beauty lies in this metaphysical love poem. Donne urged the sun to stay in the bedroom to fulfill its duties toward the concern of love. Though the lovers exaggerate the embodiment of love to embrace the truth and its efficiency to go beyond truth to explicit an ideal.
Ultimately, presentation of the metaphysical love poem The Sun Rising have exerts nothing either earthly love or speculum of heavenly love nor the mutual love, that perspective of love is available in every sphere of life. The significance of portrayal 'love' in this love poem is very staid variety of rich human expression towards loving concern for beloved is presented by John Donne in this poetry.