Death, Be not Proud by John Donne.
"Mighty and dreadful, for thou art not so" (Donne, Line 2).
Quick question, why is death always represented by sleep? I just realized that a lot of authors use that to represent death. Not important, just a question.
Finally, a positive note, a declaration of victory over death. The speaker in this poem is declaring, quite blatantly that death has no power over him and can not touch him. A bold accusation from my point of view. In this poem, the speaker is declaring that while people fear death and death has so much power and influence, reality is the opposite, death is very limited and is basically the result of fate, kings, and desperate men. The main argument the speaker has for his objection to death's power is that after death, there is only eternal life. essentially, the speaker says that in death, death dies. That might be confusing, but at the same time, profoundly reassuring. This means that in death, death has no authority or power over us. To me, that sounds cool.
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