The poem develops more negative connotations outside the physical as the narrator rebukes the impudence and cheekiness of the sunne, by correcting his sense of mistaken duty. However, Donne's contrast in tone is significant as he refers to his mistress by the second stanza, which allow explorations of emotional texture in the poem. Rickey sees the narrator's initial discontent with the sun's appearance, which is discerned through effective imagery and personification:.
"Through windowes, and through curtains call on us?.
Must to thy emotions lovers seasons run?".
But by the second stanza, this tone changes to sleepy reluctance and brings the persona back to his own deep comfort of mind and body because he is constantly reminded of his lover who is described as "the spices of India". Rickey argues that this geographic description is intentional and that Donne chooses to praise his mistress beyond physical terms. Compared with the first stanza, he has now lost the angry impatience of his rebuke to the sunne, and changed the tone through calm conceits:.
"Aske for those Kings whom thou saw'st yesterday,.
And thou shalt heare, all here in one bed lay".
Ultimately, the matter of love results in the recognition of more metaphysical emotions, and thus more content. From his critique, Rickey concludes that Donne's messages being communicated are seen through his wide use of poetic techniques, but also in his content. .
The aggressive as well as melodramatic tone as seen in "The Sunne Rising" is immediately transformed to a voice of despair and insecurity in "Batter My Heart".
which in turn reflect the change in Donne's personal outlook. From the viewpoint of Helen Gardner, Donne is greater known as a poet of the Metaphysical because of the utilization of poetic devices. Gardner says that "he appears to need only 14 lines to precisely express what he has to say". This idea would be dependant on Donne's efficient use of techniques.