Explication on Death, Be Not Proud(John Donne的Death, Be Not Proud英文诗歌鉴赏)

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1、吴楚琪138班1318100014ExplicationonDeath,BeNotProudⅠ.1.Thepoemfirstappearedtitled“HolySonnetX”inacollectionof19sonnetsbyJohnDonne.Thenitcametobeknownas“Death,BeNotProud”(afterthefirstfourwordsofthepoem).Itwaswrittenbetween1601and1610—theexactyearisuncertain—andp

2、ublishedafterDonnedied. Hewasdeeplyaffectedbythedeathofhiswifeandmeanwhilehewasleadingamuchharderlifethanbefore.Maybeitisthesedifficultiesthatgavehimadeeperunderstandingtolifeanddeath.2.PraiseThoughsomepeopleareterrifiedofdeath,therearestillsomepeoplewhomde

3、athcannotthreaten.Deathitselfisnotabletodomanythings.Neitheritcandie,norcanittakeawaypeoplewhoselivesarenotatanendsuchasthepoethimself.Actuallydeathisakindofrestorsleep,andpeoplecanevenhavepleasurefromdeathbecausedeathcanreleasethemfromthedifficultiesortire

4、dnessintheirlives.Relatedtothepreviouspartofthepoem,deathisonlyaservantoffate,chance,kings,anddesperatemenbecauseitisunabletotakeawaypeople’slivesunderitswill.Deathcolludesintakingpeople’sliveswithpoison,warandsickness,butcharmsandpoppiescanalsotakeawaypeop

5、le’slivesandtheyevendoabetterjob.Mostimportantly,deathisonlyatemporarysleepandafterthatwemaybeonthewaytoeternalitywheredeathnolongerexists.Actually,deathisworthlessandthereisneedtobescaredofit.Ⅱ.Form:1.ItisanItaliansonnet(abbaabbacddcee).Althoughnoteverylin

6、esharesasamemetricalpattern,mostofthelinesareofiambicpentameter.OneexceptioninmeterislineNo.9”Thouart/slaveto/fate,chance,/kingsand/despe/ratemen”,whichisofhexameter.AnotherexceptionislineNo.1”Death,be/notproud,/thoughsome/havecalledthee”,whichisoftetramete

7、r.2.⑴Alliteration:almostthewholeiswritteninalliterationandthefollowingaresomeexamples:For thosewhom thou think'st thoudost overthrow Dienot,poor Death,noryet canstthou killme Muchpleasure; then from thee much more must flow ⑵Personification:thepoetpersonifi

8、estheDeathasaperson,andthepersonificationshowsinadjectiveslike“proud”whichshowstheemotionorfeelingoftheDeath,andthepoetcalledtheDeath“thee(you)”and“salvetofate...”.Moreover,thepoetalsopersonifiesthefat