Question

what are the literary devices used in the following sentences/extracts.indicate why you think the lines represent a particular literary device? death be not proud,though some have called thee mighty and dreadful for thou art not soe

Answer 1

“Death be not proud, though some have called thee mighty and dreadful for thou art not so”

The sonnet “Death be not proud” is written by John Donne which is about the death and the powerlessness it has. The literary devices used in the lines are personification and metaphor.  In the above lines, death has been personified as a person who needs not to be pride over himself. The poet uses metaphor to compare death with that of a person whom he addresses like a person.  The poem illustrates that death is a short sleep and life is an endless journey which is never going to stop.