Holy Sonnet 10 "Death, be not Proud. . . " John Donne | Close Reading & Analysis 

I love your referencing the New Testament as support texts.

Preparing to recite this favorite poem of my mothers at her memorial in a few weeks. Thank you for the analysis! Especially the scripture verses, I think I’ll add that to my eulogy.

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Such an incredible poem! On Donne and death, I wonder if you have any thoughts about his brother’s death? I read Katherine Rundell’s recent (fantastic) book on Donne, and she suggests there is no obvious evidence of Donne’s extraordinary grief at his brother’s loss. But it sounds pretty horrific and Donne himself was young when it happened so surely it would have been affecting? I believe his brother was 19 when he died-same age as Tom Keats when he died, and I’d be interested to know if you are aware of any scholarship on these poets and their sibling relationships? Both were deaths to horrible illness which must have been so affecting to experience.