Death be not proud, though some have called thee
Mighty and dreadful, for, thou art not soe,
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 bee,
Much pleasure, then from thee, much more must flow,
And soonest our best men with thee doe go,
Rest of their bones, and souls delivery.
Thou art slave to Fate, Chance, kings, and desperate men,
And dost with poison, warre, and sickness dwell,
And poppie, or charms can make us sleep as well,
And better then thy stroke; why swell'st thou then?
One short sleep past, wee wake eternally,
And death shall be no more; death, thou shalt die.
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From guest Sarah Khayal (contact)
Actually, before reading this poem I looked for some information and biography about the author of it, in order to help me understanding his mood and his style of writing.Of course,I have the idea that Jonne Donne, the writer of this poem, was the most outstanding of the English Metphysical poets and a churchman famous for his spellbinding sermons; his poetry is noted for its ingenious fusion of wit and seriousness, intensed language, unusual imagery and conceit.After getting these good hints, i started reading the poem loudly; my first reading was not as good as my second ,as from the second reading i found that I'm able to get the message of the poem. I find this poem easy enough to be understood, as the poet uses some sort of simple and common word. I find this poem to be somewhat hopeful. Death is an issue that scares all people. It's a fear of the unknown. It seems to me that Donne speaks directly to "death" accuses him of having absolutely nothing to boast about, and in doing so he personifies death , i think that Donne chose to present Death as a person, because it is much easier to ridicule or to make fun of person than it is to humiliate an abstract noun. He stresses that death is only for a short timeand we will go on into a better place where life will be eternal and there will be no death anymore, so death has no power whatever. I think that the last two lines of this poem are the most important ones, when it says,"One short sleep past, we wake eternally, And death shall be no more, Death thou shalt die" , the message, as i think, is that when you die a new life will begin, so you shouldn't be afraid of deathbecause in death you will find rest as you find it when you go to bed to sleep. I feel that the poem seves as a comfort for those who are about to die, or those who have lost a loved one because it gives the some sort of solace or hope that they will be back and they will be met again in this pretty eternal life which will come after death. In conclusion, I just want to say that I liked the poem because even us as Muslims have the same religion concept about Eternal Life and that is what makes me love the poem...... thanks alot,,,Sarah -
From guest volkan (contact)
One of the devices he uses is apostrophe. Namely, he gives human qualities to death. -
tell me the poetic devices and the theme of the poem as soon as possible
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