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  1. In Holy Sonnets, Donne expresses profoundly personal thoughts while addressing theological themes of death, divine verdict, divine love and repentance.   Death not be proud Summary

    In Holy Sonnets, Donne expresses profoundly personal thoughts while addressing theological themes of death, divine verdict, divine love and repentance.

     

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    Euphemism- A euphemism is a term that is used to express something else in place of something harsh. Euphemism is used throughout the poem to describe the end of life. Repetition- Repetition is the simple repeating of a word, within a short space of words. Eg, death. Death not be proud Summary

    1. Euphemism- A euphemism is a term that is used to express something else in place of something harsh. Euphemism is used throughout the poem to describe the end of life.
    2. Repetition- Repetition is the simple repeating of a word, within a short space of words. Eg, death.

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  1. The readers are given an ironic sense of comfort by the confident tone of "Death, be not Proud" and straightforward confrontation with death since it implies that death is not in any way anything to be afraid of but that death will ultimately be defeated by something even stronger.   Death notRead more

    The readers are given an ironic sense of comfort by the confident tone of “Death, be not Proud” and straightforward confrontation with death since it implies that death is not in any way anything to be afraid of but that death will ultimately be defeated by something even stronger.

     

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