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Death Be Not Proud

Poem by John Donne
"Sonnet X", also known by its opening words as "Death Be Not Proud", is a fourteen-line poem, or sonnet, by English poet John Donne, one of the leading figures in the metaphysical poets group of seventeenth-century English literature. Wikipedia
Holy Sonnets: Death, be not proud. By John Donne. Death, be not proud, though some have called thee. Mighty and dreadful, for thou art not so;.
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"Death Be Not Proud" presents an argument against the power of death. Addressing Death as a person, the speaker warns Death against pride in his power.
The speaker personifies death as a prideful, misguided individual who has got the completely wrong idea about their role in the lives of humankind.
The theme of Death Be Not Proud is mortality, which Donne confronts with his religious belief in the afterlife. In this poem, Donne personifies the abstract ...
'Death Be Not Proud' is a poem about how Death is not all powerful, rather it is a temporary stop on the way to eternal life.
Death, be not proud, though some have called thee. Mighty and dreadful, for thou are not so; For those whom thou think'st thou dost overthrow
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 rest and sleep, which but thy pictures be, Much pleasure; then from thee much more must flow, And soonest ...