What are the poetic devices used in the poem Death be not proud?
What are the poetic devices used in the poem Death be not proud?
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1. Personification: It is the process of giving non-human objects human characteristics. Death is personified by Donne throughout the poem, which argues that it shouldn’t be arrogant. A characteristic of humans is pride. As a result, death is endowed with the human trait of feeling and emotion.
2. Metaphor: It is a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable. Three metaphors can be found in this poem. “Death, be not proud,” which is the first line, uses the first. Death is here compared to a haughty guy. The tenth line, “Thou art slave to fate,” uses the second. In the final line of a lengthy metaphor, death is compared to an improbable or unreal object.
3. Alliteration: It occurs when the same consonant sounds appear more than once in the same lines of poetry. Examples include the use of the /th/ sound in “And better than thy stroke; why swell’st thou then” and the /m/ sound in “Much pleasure; therefore, from thee much more must flow.”
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