Holy Sonnet X: Death Be Not Proud Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBAABBACDDCAE| Death be not proud though some have call egrave d thee | A |
| Mighty and dreadful for thou art not so | B |
| For those whom thou think'st thou dost overthrow | B |
| Die not poor death nor yet canst thou kill me | A |
| From rest and sleep which yet thy pictures be | A |
| Much pleasure then from thee much more must flow | B |
| And soonest our best men with thee do go | B |
| Rest of their bones and soul's delivery | A |
| Thou art slave to fate chance kings and desperate men | C |
| And dost with poison war and sickness dwell | D |
| And poppy or charms can make us sleep as well | D |
| And better than thy stroke why swell'st thou then | C |
| One short sleep past we wake eternally | A |
| And death shall be no more death thou shalt die | E |
John Donne
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