<P> "The Sun Rising" (also known as "The Sunne Rising") is a thirty line poem with three stanzas published in 1633 by poet John Donne . The meter is irregular, ranging from two to six stresses per line in no fixed pattern . The longest lines are at the end of the three stanzas and the rhyme never varies--each stanza runs' abbacdcdee' . Donne's poems were known to be metaphysical with jagged rhythms, dramatic monologues, playful intelligence, and startling images . The poem personifies the sun . </P> <P> "The Sun Rising" is one of Donne's best - known works . </P> <P> Stanza one begins with the speaker in bed with his lover, complaining about its beaming rays . Donne uses expressions such as, "Busy old fool" (line 1) and "Saucy Pedantic Wretch" (perfectionist) (line 5) to describe his annoyance with it . The speaker of the poem questions the sun's motives and yearns for the sun to go away so that he and his lover can stay in bed . </P>

The sun rising by john donne explanation line by line