John Donne Holy Sonnets

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English

 

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July 23, 2015

 

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His apparent change of attitude towards death could be accounted for by his differing life situations while he was writing the meditations: mid-life, and near-death. "Meditation X", which Donne wrote in mid-life, has a very defiant and powerful tone. Donne begins the meditation by defying normal views of death, and saying how "death, be not proud" (Donne)...
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Donne begins the meditation by defying normal views of death, and saying how "death, be not proud" (Donne). In deprecating death, Donne shows how he does not fear something which mortals usually fear. His reckless mockery of death is his appeal to pathos, specifically the human emotion of happiness and determination to live; "Meditation X" is a battle against an inevitable, insidious, and metaphysical force...
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