Posted by Sam on November 10, 19101 at 16:29:33:

In Reply to: Death, be not Proud by John Donne posted by Mamshi on May 19, 19100 at 19:37:40:

: Could someone please help with interpretation of this poem
This poem is John Donne speaking to death as if it were a charector. He's telling death that though he feels he's so powerful and scary, he's really not. He says he's a slave to kings and desprate men, kings and desperatemne put him to work. THat he gives a sleep to man a sleep man can get much better from being druged, hence the referance to poppy, and that when we go to Heaven we will live eternally, therefore death will die.

Follow Ups:

Post a Followup