The sun rising by John Donne (figures & metaphysical conceits)

Figure of Speech

1. Presentation on Figures & Metaphysical Conceits of “The Sun Rising” by John Donne Name : Naimur Rahman Reg:16116026 BA ( Hons ) in English UNIVERSITY OF ASIA PACIFIC

2. John Donne, the Founder of Metaphysical School of Poetry lyrics and a mixture of strong emotions and thought with learned imagery and striking conceits as well as great psychological insight and subtlety of thought development . uses paradoxical imagery , hyperbole and conceit in their poems, looks for a connection between emotional and mental concepts . extracts the images from all sources of knowledge, sciences, philosophy, and geography. In addition , love, religion and nature are the common subjects of metaphysical poetry . Metaphysical Conceits Extended metaphors John Donne

3. Figure of Speech

4. the author takes an object and addresses it as human (In this poem, he does this with the sun in the first stanza.) Personification

5.  the speaker claims that his love affair is so complicated that kings and rulers attempt to copy it Hyperbole

6. The speaker addresses the sun, which is an inanimate object H e has various names for the sun like "busy old fool" and "saucy pedantic wretch" Apostrophe

7. The speaker compares the sun to various things, leaving a picture in one's mind Imagery

8. The speaker complains about the arrival of a new day because he has to leave his lover Aubade

9. The first possible extended metaphor I saw was that Donne and his lover were lying in bed, and Donne feared that someone would walk in on them: the unwelcome intruder here is not a human being, but the sun, which, and here’s the conceit, Donne treats as a person. Metaphysical Conceit