The sun rising
- Created by: Freddie Kitchen
- Created on: 19-05-13 14:45
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- Sun Rising
- Structure
- Form + aubade celebrating the morning. Donne subverts 'busy old fool'
- ABBACDCDEE (reminds us of a petrarchan sonnet with ABBA, but then subverted. Seems uneven but repeated in each stanza. Organised mess. Rhyming couplet at end signifies an arguement
- questions in 1st line of stanza 2 (inc. 'why should;t thou think?', and 'lovers' seasons run?') in ref to outside world - unanswered : unimportant
- Imagery
- Gender imbalance; masculine possessive pride/ or dominance? 'she's all states and all princes I' connotations of owenership. Also list only contains men.
- Seasons 'must thy motions lovers seasons run' - sun controls phases of relationship. Interfering
- 'sight' 'eyes' 'wink' 'blind'- blind to ouside world, only see each other. (see AO4)
- Childish connotations-'play' 'mimic' BASE- they are superior
- Techniques
- Imperatives 'go chide' 'call county ants' authoritative/ kingly tone. Ordering nature around.
- Violent outburst opening (like canonization' - angry tone subverts traditional aubade.
- Lists 'school boys, 'prentices, courthuntsmen' = dismissive of contemporary society/ outside world. bed is 'thy sphere'
- The echo/ worldplay of 'here/ hear' in stanza two- metaphysical superiority above sun.
- Microcosm 'one bed lay' richness of whole world in one room; 'thou art everywhere'
- Inclusive; 'we' 'us' not 'I' = gender equality
- AO4
- 'court huntsman' James I used to hunt early and they would go with to seek promotion; all contolled by someone greater (like sun) Dismissive of James? Includes him in a list of commoners
- Neoplatonism' 'eyes' windows to souls.
- 'India's of spice and mine' exploited; colonisation- or alluring richness/ precious. New and exciting. Objectified?
- 'All wealth alchemy' rejects ideas of money as they are dazzling (like gold) but superficial like alchemy.
- Geocentric view of anatomy; 'this bed thy centre is, these walls thy sphere' rejects new science in order to prove their love is central to his world
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