Death Be Not Proud Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCAACCCDEEDAF| Death be not proud though some have called thee | A |
| Mighty and dreadfull for thou art not soe | B |
| For those whom thou think'st thou dost overthrow | C |
| Die not poore death nor yet canst thou kill mee | A |
| From rest and sleepe which but thy pictures bee | A |
| Much pleasure then from thee much more must flow | C |
| And soonest our best men with thee doe goe | C |
| Rest of their bones and soules deliverie | C |
| Thou art slave to Fate Chance kings and desperate men | D |
| And dost with poyson warre and sicknesse dwell | E |
| And poppie or charmes can make us sleepe as well | E |
| And better then thy stroake why swell'st thou then | D |
| One short sleepe past wee wake eternally | A |
| And death shall be no more death thou shalt die | F |
John Donne
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