“The Rising Sun”The 17th century gave birth to a new school of poetry, led by a brilliant poet, John Donne. John Donne's unconventional writing style and unorthodox modes of expression have since inspired great controversy, but at the same time elevated him to a title not accorded by many ordinary poets. John Donne is one of the rare poets called metaphysical poets. “The Rising Sun” is a complex poem that successfully demonstrates many qualities of metaphysical poetry. The poem conveys the theme that love exists independent of time and the physical world. When two people find love together, they are often sufficient for each other in every way and form a world of their own, which does not need the outside world. This idea is expressed in the lines of “The SunRising”. Throughout the poem, John Donne uses literary features such as hyperbole and tone to develop this theme. “The Sun Rising” is a lyric poem composed of three regular stanzas, each comprising ten lines. The rhyme scheme is the same in all three stanzas and follows a regular ABBACDCDEE pattern. While lines one, five, and six are measured in iambic tetrameter, the second line is in dimeter, and lines three, four, and seven through ten are measured in iambic pentameter. Throughout the poem, the speaker tirelessly attempts to convince the sun that the love he shares with his beloved is the world and that it transcends what anyone possesses. Although the speaker constantly refers to the lover, the reader never hears his voice. She is mute. Throughout the poem there are various shifts in tone, but it remains largely arrogant and condescending. Hyperbole is one of the main figures of Donne's style ...... middle of paper ...... chipped tone in order to emphasize how much he likes it. Tone does a lot to convey the speaker's sincerity and attitude toward the concept of love. Throughout the poem, the speaker relentlessly emphasizes that his love is so superior that it transcends time, all need of the outside world, social relationships, and wealth; however, at the same time, he is constantly reminded of these confinements and restrictions. For example, Donne's sly sympathy for the aging sun hints at the reality of human aging and this undermines the speaker's optimism and confidence as it highlights the effect of time and how love does not is not really unlimited. The speaker contradicts himself. Also, paradoxically, even if the speaker claims to have a love that exists independently of any restrictions, he voluntarily confines himself to his lover and his little world...