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Two Poems on Death (Assignment)
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“Death Be Not Proud”
Apostrophe
“A figure of speech in which someone, something, or some abstract quality (like Death) or nonexistent person is directly addressed.”
Please respond to each of the prompts regarding “Death Be Not Proud” about why Death should not be proud:
1)“From rest and sleep, which but their pictures be,
Much pleasure . . .”
The author tries drawing a similarity between death itself, and two aspects of pleasure: rest and sleep. He indirectly purports that death is also a source of pleasure. He even goes as far as suggesting that it gives more pleasure than sleep and rest.
2) “And soonest our best men with thee do go . . .”
He believes that the good people in the society are usually taken away by death, and that death is usually the ultimate price for the great individuals such as soldiers, since they give up their lives for the sake of their nations and kingdoms.
3) “Thou art slave to fate, chance, kings, and desperate men . . .”
He simply tries arguing out that death has no say in the lives of people or when people will die. He instead blames this on desperate men, kings as well as fate. He believes these are the things that control when people will die.
3) “And do’st with poison, war, and sickness dwell . . .”
Dome compares death to some sort of scavenger that goes to clear up where poison, war, or sickness have done their part.
4) “And poppy or charms can makes us sleep as well . . .”
The author says that there are drugs, like poppy, that produce even better sleep than that of death. This is because he sees death as just a moment of passage before one resurrects.
5) “One short sleep past we wake eternally . . .”
He simple means that after the passage of death, we shall all resurrect and never ever to face the threat of death again. It will be everlasting life.
“Because I Could Not Stop For Death”
Personification:
“A device that gives animals, ideas, abstractions, and inanimate objects human qualities.”
Please comment on the significance of the following stanzas from “Because I Could Not Stop for Death”:
Stanza 1
The author actually personifies death as a man. This is illustrated by the part that he says ‘He kindly stopped me.’ She however doesn’t take death as final, but rather, as a passageway to eternal life.
Stanza 2
She continues with the personification of death when saying that Death was courteous, not minding any interruption from the tasks she was carrying out.
Stanza 3
The writer continues with the personification, further stating that she and Death are the only entities in the carriage. Personification is also used in the phrase “Gazing Grain”.
Stanza 4
The speaker personifies the sun, stating that in the course of their journey with death, they came across the sun, “Or rather – He passed us –”
Stanza 5
Here, the speaker uses personification to tal...