DEATH BE NOT PROUD by John Donne
CRITICAL APPRECIATIONThe poem is included as Sonnet X in the volume of Holy Sonnets: Divine Meditations. Donne demolishes two popular concepts: firstly death is dreadful and secondly death is mighty. He personifies Death and addresses him directly. Death has a certain power over man and it gives temporary sleep. If death and sleep are like brothers, greater rest and relaxation must come from