Death be not proud
- Created by: eleanorfarnold
- Created on: 20-02-15 16:38
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- Holy sonnet X - Death be not Proud
- reading and singing differences. depending on the final line 'death shall be no more; Death, thou shalt die' or the original Westmorelandmanuscript 'death shall be no more, Death thou shalt die.' Death can appear either as vanquished or made human
- "Death be not proud, though some have called thee"
- either means death is not proud, or the imperative command
- those whom thou think'st thou dost otherthrow/die not
- death is not the end
- nor yet canst thou kill me.
- full stop adds force to Donne's command
- is he looking for security? Is he pleading?
- From rest and sleep, which but thy pictures be,/ Much pleasure; then from thee much more must flow
- Donne creates a logic.
- death is the eternal sleep - Donne tries to make this appear pleasant.
- is he trying to tempt death, to attack it, or is he trying to comfort himself?
- our best men with thee do go...Thou'art slave to fate, chance, kings and desperate men
- death is no God, but controlled by the people who command death
- everyone must die, and few people die naturally
- "with poison, war and sickness dwell;/ And poppy or charms can make us sleep as well"
- our best men with thee do go...Thou'art slave to fate, chance, kings and desperate men
- death is no God, but controlled by the people who command death
- everyone must die, and few people die naturally
- building lists, creating length - a build up which is ended by the languid well
- our best men with thee do go...Thou'art slave to fate, chance, kings and desperate men
- "thy stroke"
- One short sleep past, we wake eternally"
- "thy stroke"
- death is an inevitable interval
- compare this confidence with "A Hymn to God the Father"
- "i have a sin of fear that of fear that when I've spun/ my last thread, I shall perish on the shore
- compare this with A Nocturnal
- "I am re-begot/ Of absences, darkness and death, things which are not"
- context: salvation and fear of death
- petrarchan sonnet - volta happens line nine where Donne sharpens his attack vs. death
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