Two Poems on Death (Assignment)
Name ____Jenny Lee___________________________________________ Section 25___
“Death Be Not Proud”
Apostrophe
“A figure of speech in which someone, something, or some abstract quality (like Death) or
nonexistent person is directly addressed.”
Please respond to each of the prompts regarding “Death Be Not Proud” about why Death should
not be proud:
1)“From rest and sleep, which but their pictures be,
Much pleasure . . .”
I think he compares death to rest and sleep that give us much pleasure. Both of them are only
