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As far as I can tell, Death be not proud actually depicts that, we should not afraid of death. Because in the first quatrain states that, some people called death might be very terrible and unplesent experience, whereas, john Donne assure them that, death is not like that and prove himself by explicating some of his sonnets. `Death be not proud, though some have called thee` In this line he says, death is not as terrifying as we think it actually are. Further he adds, it is perhaps more joyfull and pleasurable than we ever imagine. Rest and Sleep are one of the copy of death, as while sleeping and rest we feel ourselves half Consciousness which is a clear sign of death. Those who meet their destiny sooner means they are going to feel a pain of joy initially afterwards their death provides his sould full of comfort and Unthinkable Experience. The Poet further says that, the man is a powerful applicant to invite his own death by taking drugs and poisions but death is itself helpless and slave of our fate. Though, it is undoubtedly true that we all have to taste the joy of death but when we die our soul experience the changless eternal life.

Death dont' be proud even though you pride in it. you are not mighty or scary as some people may say. for all those people you took away, you are still unable to take me. So don't die, poor death, before you take me away. the first 4 lines he's mocking death. Death, you're just a picture of peace (rest and sleep).

Dying is a pleasurable state and death is full of pleasure. You eventually take away our love ones away(best men), but you're just giving their body rest and freeing their soul. the second 4 lines he's teasing death. Death, you're a slave to fate and to man's action. Poison , war, sickness, and sleeping pills will kill us but then so what? One quick moment pass and comes eternal life. Death will be no more, in turn it's really Death's funeral when a man dies. Last 6 lines he's pitying death. Just to correct one person's remarks on the form of the poem, Donne's is an Italian (or Petrarchan) rather than an English sonnet. An Italian sonnet contains the end-rhyme scheme of ABBA ABBA as its first unit, an *octave.* A sestet, the second unit of structure in the Italian sonnet, has different possibilities but contains different ending sounds from those two in the octave. An English (or Shakespearean) sonnet has three quatrains and a final rhyming couplet. Best, Instructor Friend

Analysis : The poet wishes to convey his message of eternal life and feels that people should not be afraid of dying, as there will still be, in his view, eternal life in heaven. He knows that everyone must die eventually, even, "our best men with thee do go". This is his basis for his acceptance of death and thereby defeating it. Donne's motivation for this poem stems from his religious background as he was a descendant of Saint Thomas Moore and was raised as a Roman Catholic, yet he still

fuses his calculated thoughts with his feelings.Donne opens the poem with a defiant tone, indicating his stand against death. In his metaphysical conceits, the poet developes a lengthy, complex image to express his involved but controlled view of a person, object or feeling, in this case death being compared to a person. The movement is appropriate as the defiant tone in the beginning lends itself to the fast pace of the first four lines. A steady pace is then developed while Donne explains his point of view. An elegy is a classical form of poetry mixed with modern influences and this emphasises Donne's own form of writing and what he tries to convey in the poem, mixing feelings with calculated thoughts. Being a metaphysical poet, Donne usually used irregular rhythms, however, in this poem he uses bound verse and has a metrical pattern. He too is cynical and states; "Die not, poor death" and humiliates death. By making slight variations in the rhythm, the poet gives the lines a melody. He uses extremely emotive diction, such as "Mighty" and "dreadful" to incite feelings in the reader and to indicate that death is not these things. Enjambment is used to give many of the lines a free flowing affect and therefore create a faster pace when it is needed. The poet uses Iambic pentameter to create a rhythmical feeling within the poem. The use of diction is extravagant and is very important in the poem as it must describe the poet's feelings and, with difficulty, describe death. Donne uses realistic language so as to appeal to the masses. The poet succeeds in conveying his emotions using expressive diction, questioning the reader's emotions and thoughts on death and thereby creating insight in the readers mind. Donne personifies Fate and Chance to indicate they too are above dying. Written by : Alaa Cali4nia Boy | Posted on 2009-07-28 | by a guest

DEATH BE NOT PROUD ANALYSIS Death, commonly viewed as an all-powerful force against life, is otherwise described in John Donne's Holy Sonnet 10. As found in any English Sonnet, there is a rhyme scheme and a standard meter. Although the standard meter is iambic pentameter, as in most English Sonnets, the rhyme scheme differs a little from the usual, consisting of ABBA ABBA CDDC AE. Sonnets convey various thoughts and feelings to the reader through the different moods set by the author. In this case the speaker having to confront Death and defeat it, sets the mood. Throughout existence, there have been many theories regarding exactly what role Death plays in the lives of those who experience it. Some think Death is the ultimate controller of all living things, while others believe it is nothing more than the act of dying once your time has come. Donne, on the other hand, has his own philosophy. The entire Sonnet, Donne speaks directly to Death. Without fate nothing could be determined, therefore, our fate is truthfully what controls our lives and deaths. In lines one and two Donne says "Death, be not proud, though some have called thee, Mighty and dreadful thou art not so. Although we tell Death it does not control what our destiny is, we still recognize that eventually all of us will get there one way or another as stated in lines seven and eight, "And soonest our best men with thee do go, Rest of their bones, and soul's delivery. Dreams can only offer so much, as compared to eternal happiness will never ceases to give tranquility. " All of us will end up meeting Death; nevertheless it will not come for us during our lifetime, it will only watch from a distance, until called again. When Death becomes a slave it is because it will benefit from who will die, but doesn't have the power to kill. It decides when our time has been completed on this earth, and then comes Death to take us away. Death is shown a sense of insecurity in line three when the speaker says, "For those whom thou think'st thou dost overthrow, die not, poor Death,

nor yet canst thou kill me. He gives Death life, and therefore makes it mortal, exposing it to pain, torment and eventually defeat. In line nine, the speaker goes against that to say that Death is a slave to fate, chance and us. Next, in line 10 he says "And dost with poison, war" and sickness dwell;" Therefore, not only is Death a slave, but it is also dependent on people in order to survive. " By referring to Death as a person, he makes it easier for the reader to bring Death down to a level of a weakness and venerability, allowing us to examine it to see what Death really is. " Donne is telling Death that all those who it think it killed it really didn't, and that it cant kill him, again proving that Death is not what takes lives but what delivers them. Written by : Alaa Cali4nia Boy | Posted on 2009-07-28 | by a guest .: :. Analysis: John Donne addresses Death as one would speak to a foe, harassing employee, or even an annoying bully who is too weak and without power to deliver his/her threats. Donne tells Death that he should not be so arrogantly proud even though some have made him think he is mighty and one to be feared. He points out to Death that he is far from being any of those things. He goes on to tell Death that even though he thinks he succeeded in overthrowing people. They are the ones who deliver their souls and who rest their bones even when death may not be ready for them. So it is Death that is a slave to fate, accidents, suicides, war, and sickness. Death must dwell with them and must also cease when these men die. Donne mocking Death says that even "poppy and charms" can provide a better sleep because Death is just a weakling.

Donne points out that sleep which is the first death is short and one wakes to live for eternity. Thus Death is defeated and will no longer be. So Donne tells death that he shouldn't puff up with pride for it is Death that will face the real death. The first death for the believer is only a physical death; only the body is destroyed. This physical death serves as a portal to eternity. Donne drew from his priesthood studies the knowledge of the afterlife. Through his writings he was able to make death seem less threatening to himself and to the people of his time. After all, who has not questioned his/her existence after death? People are curious and tend to fear the unknown. Donne ends his admonishment very boldly: "Death thou shall die." The reader can sense that death is truly defeated forever more. There is some satisfaction in reading these words even if just for the moment. Anxious ones can return every now and then to the Scriptures and to "Death be not Proud" to find peace and encouragement. Written by : Alaa Cali4nia Boy | Posted on 2009-07-28 | by a guest .: :. Death be not Proud consists of a number of reasons why human beings should not fear death. However, rather than state the reasons as if talking to us, Donne turns to Death itself. He personifies and apostrophises it: he argues it into submission, till at the end he can state the paradox eath, thou shalt die!triumphantly. The poem is best understood as three quatrains and a concluding couplet. The first quatrain states the theme, with its central paradox that those whom death touches do not really die. That is because of the Christian hope of resurrection and immortality. Paul writes, using the image of a

grain of wheat: t is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body The second quatrain takes the idea that sleep and death are allied, one being an image of the other ( hy pictures. Sleep is pleasant, therefore death must be, so why fear it? In fact, the best people, that is those who are most pure in their lives, die most quickly, because they know their soul will be eliveredinto a new life. The third quatrain mocks death. Death is not in control of itself, but has to come wherever there is disease or war. So why is death so proud? Then he argues that opiates mimic death and much more pleasantly. This leads on to the triumphant couplet, that we shall wake into eternal life and death will be finished. The poem is not an argument as such. Rather, it is a number of points piled up one upon another, not always quite logically connected, but nevertheless effective in building up to a climax. Written by : Alaa Cali4nia Boy | Posted on 2009-07-28 | by a guest There is a short movie, originally made for HBO, available on DVD, called "Wit", starring Emma Thompson and directed by Mike Nichols that elaborates and probes the layers of complexity of this poem. Thompson plays a stern professor of English literature who has stage 4 ovarian cancer. As life drains away, and she is suffering terribly from the experimental chemo therapy (Donne conveniently ignores the pain that preceeds death) passages of this poem are analyzed and illuminted. At her final moments, the pain is so excruciating that the professor waves off an offer to hear something by Donne and asks instead for a very simple child's story. Death laid bare to its simplest elements. Donne explained. Donne

extended. This wonderful movie is based on a play by Margret Edson, a public school K-teacher. She won the Pulitzer, the first time out. (How 'bout that!)

Most of Donne's poems are about religious subject matter. In this poem Donne mocks Death. He says death has nothing to be proud of since people are not terrified of him. Death is nothing dreadful but is actually a pleasurable experience since the people who die go to eternal sleep. God appoint's a certain time for everyone in this earth to die. So it is not really Death who chooses whom to kill but Death is rather a slave to fate. The fact that God takes away our loved ones the soonest makes it look as if Death is a reward for all the good deeds. Also Death does not actually "kill" men since the people who die go to eternal bliss where they become immortal. In the end it is Death himself who dies since all the men Death has taken away from this world become mortal. The poet pities death because death is a slave to the men he kills. Some people die in their own will by taking drugs and hypnotism. Even men are more powerful than Death so Death has absolutely nothing to be proud of. The message of the poet is in the last few lines where he pities death. He says we have no reason to be afraid of death since the only thing which dies in the end is Death because after death all of us experience eternal life -Farii

Basically the poem is about the afterlife and death. It mentions the idea that death can't pick and choose it's victims and once we die we live forever because there is no death in the after life. The second line in this poem, "mighty and dreadful... not so" conveys the theme that death isn't as scary as people make it seem and to not be afraid of it. The tone of this poem is mockery and the mood is calming. There are two main stylistic devices used in this poem: personification and paradox. The title is personification because it gives death a human like characteristic; pride. It helps conveys the previously mentioned theme because by giving death characteristics, it makes it seem less scary. The last line in this poem is a paradox. This has been mentioned above. It again effectively portrays the theme because if death kills itself, its weak and therefore nothing to fear.

Death is personified: The speaker is talking to death as if it is human, telling death that he should'nt feel powerful, death is not scarey or 'dreadful' The people who beleive death is great are the people who don't believe in god or religion and those are the people who have reason to be afraid/ since they dnt believe in god or heaven they are going to die and live forever in hell or death. Death is simply a a slave to fate, working for fate.

Death Be Not Proud :. Donne's attitude towards Death is one of belittlement as he insults Death's pride and attacks, or even mocks, the idea that it is fearsome

and powerful at all. He personifies Death in order to berate it and point out that it is not as "Mighty and dreadful" as often believed to be. This is because he believes there is life after death and therefore there is nothing to be afraid of in dying. The poem is ended with the paradox, "Death, thou shalt die." which suggests that Death is self defeating in it's sole purpose because after Death, Death is no more, in the sense that it is not present in the 'eternal afterlife'. This text can be described as a "Christian Poem" because it describes how, after one "short sleep", "we wake eternally". The "short sleep" being the moment of death the eternal wake, an implication that there is life after death, and is a reference to the Christian idea of Heaven, and one's soul travelling there after death.

: Death.. :. is being anthropomorphized and being addressed as an equal, until Donne finally makes him inferior. Due to his religious background, he believes there will be an afterlife and can, therefore, allow himself not to fear death.

Death Be Not Proud is a poem denouncing the power of death. Death is only a character in the play, so to speak, and not a main one at that. He can not simply come and take a soul without aid, therefore he is a slave. Donne gives death it's own personality, to make Death seem more humble, as if he is just one of "us" and not a higher power, capable of being better or greater than anyone walking down the street.