"Death be not Proud " Activities Michael Lai, October 2nd |
1. Compare and contrast the difference in tone between "Death be not Proud" and Holy Sonnet XVII in terms of his contemplation of death. XVII. To Nature, and to hers, and my good is dead, And her soul early into heaven ravishèd, Wholly on heavenly things my mind is set. Here the admiring her my mind did whet To seek thee, God; so streams do show the head; But though I have found thee, and thou my thirst hast fed, A holy thirsty dropsy melts me yet. But why should I beg more love, whenas thou Dost woo my soul, for hers offering all thine: And dost not only fear lest I allow My love to saints and angels, things divine, But in thy tender jealousy dost doubt Lest the world, flesh, yea, devil put thee out. 2. Let us go back and take out all the christian influence. Does this take away the entire premise of the main argument? How does this effect the poem as a whole?
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