Donne's Holly sonnet Death,be not proud deals with the theme of death. He challenges authority of death saying that there is no need for any human being to be afraid of death.Death is generally considered to be mighty & dreadful but in this reading it's neither mighty nor dreadful.
Death thinks that when it goes to a person,it throws away that person but in reality that person doesn't die. According to the poet, the picture of death is nothing but sleep & rest that give joy to a person.
Even the best people sooner or later go with death then why should we have to afraid of death..?
Death offers rest to human body & soul is transferred to another body. It's a slave of fate,chance, king & a man who is in distress. There are three residing places of death namely poison, war & sickness.
Mother's love causes sound sleep to a child & in the same manner death also causes sleep to a person. One is charming & another comes as stroke.
After every sleep a person gets up,death is also a sleep after which a person gets up forever.
In short, it's a message to mankind how death should be treated without considering it mighty or dreadful.
Death thinks that when it goes to a person,it throws away that person but in reality that person doesn't die. According to the poet, the picture of death is nothing but sleep & rest that give joy to a person.
Even the best people sooner or later go with death then why should we have to afraid of death..?
Death offers rest to human body & soul is transferred to another body. It's a slave of fate,chance, king & a man who is in distress. There are three residing places of death namely poison, war & sickness.
Mother's love causes sound sleep to a child & in the same manner death also causes sleep to a person. One is charming & another comes as stroke.
After every sleep a person gets up,death is also a sleep after which a person gets up forever.
In short, it's a message to mankind how death should be treated without considering it mighty or dreadful.
Thank You.
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