Question

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read the following poem, \the sun is rising,\ by john donne. which set of lines contains an example of a metaphysical conceit?
busy old fool, unruly sun,
why dost thou thus,
through windows, and through curtains call on us?
must to thy motions lovers seasons run?
saucy pedantic wretch, go chide
late school boys and sour prentices,
go tell court huntsmen that the king will ride,
call country ants to harvest offices,
love, all alike, no season knows nor clime,
nor hours, days, months, which are the rags of time,
thy beams, so reverend and strong
why shouldst thou think?
i could eclipse and cloud them with a wink,
but that i would not lose her sight so long;
if her eyes have not blinded thine,
look, and tomorrow late, tell me,
whether both th indias of spice and mine
be where thou leftst them, or lie here with me.
ask for those kings whom thou sawst yesterday,
and thou shalt hear, all here in one bed lay.
shes all states, and all princes, i,
nothing else is.
princes do but play us, compared to this,
all honors mimic, all wealth alchemy.
thou, sun, art half as happy as we,
in that the worlds contracted thus.
thine age asks ease, and since thy duties be
to warm the world, thats done in warming us.
shine here to us, and thou art everywhere;
this bed thy center is, these walls, thy sphere.

Explanation:

A metaphysical conceit is an elaborate, often far - fetched metaphor that combines two very dissimilar things. In the line "She's all states, and all princes, I", the speaker compares his lover (and himself in relation to her) to political entities (states and princes). This is an extended and complex metaphor that is characteristic of a metaphysical conceit. It takes the abstract concept of love and compares it to the very concrete and large - scale concepts of states and princes in a way that is not immediately obvious but forces the reader to think deeply about the relationship.

Answer:

"She's all states, and all princes, I"