Question

Metaphysical poets are noted for using colloquial language in their works. Which of these excerpts includes colloquial language? Had we but world enough, and time, This coyness, lady, were no crime. We would sit down, and think which way To walk, and pass our long love's day. (from "To His Coy Mistress" by Andrew Marvell) Busy old fool, unruly sun, Why dost thou thus Through windows and through curtains call on us? Must to thy motions lovers' seasons run? (from "The Sun Rising" by John Donne) Death, be not proud, though some have called thee Mighty and dreadful, for thou art not so; For those whom thou think'st thou dost overthrow Die not, poor Death, nor yet canst thou kill me. (from Sonnet 10 by John Donne) Yet thou triumph'st, and say'st that thou Find'st not thyself nor me the weaker now; 'Tis true; then learn how false fears be: Just so much honor, when thou yield'st to me, (from "The Flea" by John Donne)

Answer 1

Busy old fool, unruly sun,  

Why dost you thus  

Through windows and through curtains call on us?  

Must to your motions lovers' seasons run?

Answer 2

Answer:

The excerpt that includes colloquial language is Busy old fool, unruly sun, Why dost thou thus Through windows and through curtains call on us? Must to thy motions lovers' seasons run? (from "The Sun Rising" by John Donne).  

Explanation:  

Colloquial language is the common and informal language that we use in our every day's conversation with close people like family and friends, it doesn't have a formal structure. The second example is the most informal from the four examples provided as options, it contains colloquial words like Busy, fool, and unruly.