The Question and Answer section for John Donne: Poems is a great resource to ask questions, find answers, and discuss the novel.
“The Sunne Rising” is a 30-line poem in three stanzas, written with the poet/lover as the speaker. The meter is irregular, ranging from two to six stresses per line in no fixed pattern. The longest lines are generally at the end of the three...
John Donne used metaphysical conceits in order to express his ideas. His purpose was to make his reader think, and because many of the people he was trying to reach were illiterate, the conceits were able to give them an understanding they...
The poet asks the sun why it is shining in and disturbing him and his lover in bed. The sun should go away and do other things rather than disturb them, like wake up ants or rush late schoolboys to start their day. Lovers should be permitted to...
