Selected Poems of John Donne: The Sun Rising

In "The Sun Rising," John Donne employs apostrophe, a figure of speech in which someone addresses an absent person, thing, or idea. The poem's speaker chastises the sun for interrupting his time with his beloved. Read the full text here.

Here are links to our lists for other poems by John Donne: "The Canonization", "The Flea", "A Valediction Forbidding Mourning", "Song: Go and catch a falling star", "Death, be not proud"