Death Be Not Proud - Poem Explanation.pptx

In this presentation, I have explained the poem “Death Be Not Proud” by John Donne.

1. Death Be Not
Proud

Poem by John Donne

Explained by Bhumiba Cohil

2. John Donne

Born - 1571/1572
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Leading figure of ical

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3. + Published posthumously in 1633 in
“Songs and Sonnets”

. Holy Sonnet 10

. Petrarchan sonnet

. 14 os written in iambic

* ‘Literary devices - Pers
ary dei Person

4. Death, be not proud, though some have called

Mighty and dreadful, for thou art not so;
Fer those whom thou think'st theu dost overthrow-
Die not, poor Death, nor yet canst thou kill me.

Q Personification of death

Q S Spies

S is not scary or intimidati

¢ People dont really die death comes te them
¢ The speaker will also not die when death comes to him

5. From rest and sleep, which but thy pictures be,
ure; then fr rom thee much more must flow,
soonest our best men with do go,
Rest of their bones, and soul's delivery.

Compares deat ia rest care
. “they are like death

. o da e wis greece
It's flere Dest dd e

Death nothing more than the the
yl eres not moet hers of

7. References

"Death Be Not Proud” Poetry.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 2 Sep.
2024. <https: Llunas pocty coms (poem/22472/death-be-not-
proud>.

Pinka, Patricia Garland. "John Donne". Encyclopedia Britannica, 23
Aug. 2024, https://www:britannica.com/btography/John-Donne.
Accessed 3 September 2034.

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