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

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

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

2、afterDonnedied. Hewasdeeplyaffectedbythedeathofhiswifeandmeanwhilehewasleadingamuchharderlifethanbefore.Maybeitisthesedifficultiesthatgavehimadeeperunderstandingtolifeanddeath.2.PraiseThoughsomepeopleareterrifiedofdeath,therearestillsomepeoplewhomdeathcan

3、notthreaten.Deathitselfisnotabletodomanythings.Neitheritcandie,norcanittakeawaypeoplewhoselivesarenotatanendsuchasthepoethimself.Actuallydeathisakindofrestorsleep,andpeoplecanevenhavepleasurefromdeathbecausedeathcanreleasethemfromthedifficultiesortirednes

4、sintheirlives.Relatedtothepreviouspartofthepoem,deathisonlyaservantoffate,chance,kings,anddesperatemenbecauseitisunabletotakeawaypeople’slivesunderitswill.Deathcolludesintakingpeople’sliveswithpoison,warandsickness,butcharmsandpoppiescanalsotakeawaypeople

5、’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”,whichisoftetrame

7、ter.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:thepoetperso

8、nifiestheDeathasaperson,andthepersonificationshowsinadjectiveslike“proud”whichshowstheemotionorfeelingoftheDeath,andthepoetcalledtheDeath“thee(you)”and“salvetofate...”.Moreover,thepoetalsopersonifiesthefate,sickness

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