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"Death, be not proud, though some have called thee,
Mighty and dreadful, for thou art not so"
Donne alludes to the idea that death isn't very scary.
Paraphrase:
"Death, don't be proud, although some people have called you Mighty and horrible, but you are not."
The Holey Sonnet is made up of three quatrains and a concluding couplet.
About:
Born in London, England, around January 24 and June 19, 1572 and died March 31 1631. He had a hard childhood with his father dieing when he was only four. He later in life attended Oxford and Cambridge but never got a degree.
http://www.luminarium.org/sevenlit/donne/sonnet10.php
Death, be not proud, though some have called thee,
Mighty and dreadful, for thou art not so ;
For those, whom thou think'st thou dost overthrow,
Die not, poor Death, nor yet canst thou kill me.
From rest and sleep, which but thy picture be,
Much pleasure, then from thee much more must flow,
And soonest our best men with thee do go,
Rest of their bones, and soul's delivery.
Thou'rt slave to Fate, chance, kings, and desperate men,
And dost with poison, war, and sickness dwell,
And poppy, or charms can make us sleep as well,
And better than thy stroke ; why swell'st thou then ?
One short sleep past, we wake eternally,
And Death shall be no more ; Death, thou shalt die.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Donne
It starts with abba but ends it with ee.
LIne 10 gives use a good image of where death is placed, "And dost with poison, war, and sickness dwell"
http://www.shmoop.com/death-be-not-proud-holy-sonnet-10/summary.html
The speaker is a man trying to get his point and belief across too the "people" which is the audience.
http://www.gradesaver.com/donne-poems/study-guide/section7/