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This 3 page paper discusses, compares, and analyzes the themes and treatment of death in the work of Donne, Davis and Thomas. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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mankind. Still, for all mans technology and understanding, the proof and knowledge of what exists after the death of the body confounds him. This is why poets, writers, artists offer
their personal insights toward that end, hoping that one day there will be no more cause to rage against the night. Three poets, John Donne, Dylan Thomas, and Catherine Davis
each approach death from varying angles and the attitude and concept toward death changes with each poet, even as each poet is from the next generation. A seventeenth century poet,
John Donne conceptualized Death as a mortal enemy. Given that John Donne was also a minister, it is easy to see where his theology may view Death as, not the
end, but the beginning of a lifetime in eternity. "Death be not proud" are the first lines of this title poem. It is easy to see that the narrator is
telling Death that it need not be cocky or proud of having claimed a person, because the body is not the part which makes a person who they are. It
is the soul. Given that, then, he states at the end of the poem: "One short sleep past, we wake eternally / And death shall be no more; Death, thou
shalt die"(Donne 812). In this poem, then, the literary devices used include personification, sonnet form, and irony. Irony is most evident when the poet pities Death. This is ironical because
most people pity the dead, not Death itself. Thus as a figurative comparison, it contributes to the impact of the poem as a whole. In the end Donnes message is
that there is little reason to fear death and that at the last, death only touches the body, not the spirit. In the end, then, ones spirit wins over death.
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