The document provides biographical information about John Donne and analyzes his poem "Sunrising". It notes that Donne was an English poet, satirist, lawyer and priest in the late 16th/early 17th century. The poem addresses the rising sun and portrays the lover's beloved as superior to the sun. It challenges the sun's power over time and seasons, saying the lover's love is not subjected to time. The lover claims his beloved encompasses all states and princes, and that nothing else matters besides her.