The Sun Rising Quiz

Welcome to your The Sun Rising Quiz

1. In the opening line, “Busy old fool, unruly sun,” the speaker addresses the sun as:

2. The tone of the speaker toward the sun in the poem’s beginning is:

3. The line “through windows, and through curtains call on us” implies:

4. The line “Love, all alike, no season knows nor clime” suggests that love is:

5. “Hours, days, months, which are the rags of time” is a:

6. “I could eclipse and cloud them with a wink” means:

7. The poet refuses to wink because:

8. “All honour’s mimic, all wealth alchemy” suggests:

9. “Thou, sun, art half as happy as we” indicates:

10. Addressing the sun directly is an example of:

11. The poem The Sun Rising consists of

12. Each stanza of the poem The Sun Rising contains:

13. The rhyme scheme of The Sun Rising's each stanza is:

14. “The Sun Rising” is a typical example of:

15. The central metaphysical conceit in the poem compares:

16. By warming the lovers, the sun:

17. The poem “The Sun Rising” was first published in:

18. The poem “The Sun Rising” appeared in which collection?

19. What poetic device is used in “I could eclipse and cloud them with a wink”?

20. What does Donne call “the rags of time”?


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