Macbeth

Act 1- Scene 1-7

Macbeth Act 1 Summary with Key Quotes & English Subtitles
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Death, Be Not Proud by John Donne

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 pictures 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 art 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.
Important Questions
1. What type of poem is “Holy Sonnet X”?

2. How does the speaker portray Death? What are the different forces that bring
it on?

3. Why does Donne say that those who Death thinks he kills, “die not”?

4. By addressing Death, Donne’s poem is an example of what literary device?

Question-Answer (Short Type)

Q.1. Comment on the opening of the sonnet ‘Death Be Not Proud’.
Q.2. What, according to the poet, are the agents of death?
Q.3. What does the image of ‘slave’ suggest?

Important to note:
1. Identify the following devices:
Metaphor Personification Alliteration Irony

2. What is the theme of the poem?

3. What is the tone of the poem?