John Donne: The Sun Rising

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October 18, 2014

 

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In stanza two, the speaker asks, “Thy beams, so reverend and strong / Why shouldst thou think?” (11-12). The speaker explains that he can blot out the supposed brilliance of the sun by winking, but that the beauty of his lover is blinding, unless “…both th’ Indias of spice and mine / Be where thou leftst them [the sun’s eyes]” (17-18)...
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The speaker explains that he can blot out the supposed brilliance of the sun by winking, but that the beauty of his lover is blinding, unless “…both th’ Indias of spice and mine / Be where thou leftst them [the sun’s eyes]” (17-18). The speaker is not trying to say that love is more powerful than the sun regarding its ability to affect people; rather, he is merely pointing out that the sun has no power over love, however much else it may control...
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