Death Be Not Proud Poetry Analysis

Death is an inevitable phenomenon. It is something that no human being cannot escape. Some people are frightened of the concept of dying while the others already accepts it like it is their fate. Although, Donne, Tennyson, Thomas and Frost used the concept of death in their poems, they portrayed it as powerlessness of death, crossing from life to death, grief and contentment.

“Death be not proud” written by John Donne portrays that death should not be something to be scared. “Death, be not proud, though some have called thee mighty and dreadful, for thou art not so,” he thinks that it is not as scary or powerful as most people think. Being religious as he is, he believes that people don’t really die as they rises to heaven where
It is about a son’s plea to his dying father. He divided men into four groups to describe how they deal death. “Though wise men at their end know dark is right,” these are the first group, the wise men. They know that death is a part of life and wise enough to accept it. Thomas moves forward and describes the next group as Good Men. “Good men, the last wave by, crying how bright,” thomas believes that his father is one of the good men and that the world can still use him. The next line “crying how bright” refers to men telling their self-proclaimed works as good. “their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay,” states that they will not be remembered regardless of how significant their achievements or good deeds. The third group, he describes it as the wild men. “Wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight,” these are the men who lived their lives in joy, excitement and adventure. They have learned too late that they are mortal. They spent so much time in action and time has caught up with them. “Grave men, near death, who see with blinding sight,” Thomas is referring to men who are saddened as well as physically near death. “Blind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay,” is an expression that represent man’s struggle for survival. He is offering that even in this frail state that his father could be happy living longer. “Curse, bless, me now with your fierce tears, I pray,” describes how
“And there's a barrel that I didn't fill beside it, and there may be two or three apples I didn't pick upon some bough.” This line shows the achievements the narrator have made through his entire life. “But I am done with apple-picking now,” although he have missed some of his goals in life, he is contented of what he have “picked” in his days. “Magnified apples appear and disappear,
Stem end and blossom end,” it states here that the apples that are appearing and disappearing to his “dream” are what he have done while he has still the energy and