Death Be Not Proud
Analysis of a Poem “Death, be not proud”
The poem, “Death, be not proud,” dramatizes how death, yet as harmful and scary as can be, may also be the most harmless thing in the world. The speaker starts off by stating, “Death, be not proud for though have called the Mighty and dreadful, for thou art not so” (1-2). One man, mocking death, whether it be a person or a religious figure, and stating that even though death may take anything and everything at any moment, it still brings him no harm; “Die not, poor Death, nor yet canst though kill me” (4). With all of Death’s negative attributes, is it really even as harmful as some have come to believe? After describing all of the ways Death may come into one’s life and take everything from them,
The poem, “Death, be not proud,” dramatizes how death, yet as harmful and scary as can be, may also be the most harmless thing in the world. The speaker starts off by stating, “Death, be not proud for though have called the Mighty and dreadful, for thou art not so” (1-2). One man, mocking death, whether it be a person or a religious figure, and stating that even though death may take anything and everything at any moment, it still brings him no harm; “Die not, poor Death, nor yet canst though kill me” (4). With all of Death’s negative attributes, is it really even as harmful as some have come to believe? After describing all of the ways Death may come into one’s life and take everything from them,