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Name :- Khamal Krishna R. Roll No :- 22 Course No:-1. The Renaissance Literature Enrolment No :- PG- 20170014

Presentation Topic:- Poem: Death Be Not Proud

M.A. English Semester -1

Batch Year :-2016-2018 Submitted to:- Department of English Maharaja Krishnakumarsinhji Bhavnagar University

Death Be Not Proud

''Death Be Not Proud'' is a poem by English Metaphysical Poet ''John Done''

He was written around 1610 and first published, posthumously in 1633.

It is the Tenth Sonnet in Donne's posthumously published Holy Sonnets.''

About This Poem:-

John Donne's view on this ultimate reality called ''Death''

Here in this poem poet address to death saying that there is no need for death to Be Proud though some people call it is neither powerful nor dangerous.

According to John Donne picture of death is nothing but sleep and rest.

Theme Of This Poem:-

Mortality

Dreams

Hopes

Plans

Religion

Courage

Three Places Where Death Lives Forever:-

In this poem john Donne says that Death lives in these three places forever, this places are like a home for death where death lives. 1. War 2. Poisson 3. sickness

Death as a Slave :-
. John Donne says that Death is nothing but merely a slave of this four things..

Faith

Chance

Distress in Life.

Kings

Central Idea of ''The Bhagwat Gita''

According to Bhagwat Gita, the soul,or Atman has the properties that weapons can not pierce it,fire can not bum it, water can not moisten it and wind can not dry it.(Chapter-2.23). Nainam chindanti shastraninainam dahati pavakahna chainam kledayanty apona sosayati marutah''Sri Krishna said: The soul can never be cut to pleces by any weapon,nor fire,nor molstened by water,nor withered by the wind''.

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