In this essay I will be comparing and contrasting two poems. The two poems that I chose are Death be not proud(#72) by John Donne and The Soul's Dark Cottage by Edmund Waller. These are two poems about death, but are both explained and told in a different way. The one is explained through a cottage and the other explains death as a person, saying that it has no power.
They might have the same topic, but that does not mean that it has to be expressed the same. As an example DBNP is a poem where the writer is insulting death, like death is a person, saying that it has no power, and finishing with saying that death will die. Where TSDC is a poem stating that death is like an old cottage, saying that it is a place for the old wise where once …show more content…
DBNP’s tone is more angry, almost insulting, as it mocks death saying “Die not, poore death, nor yet canst thou kill me.” (Death be not proud line 4). Whereas TSDC has a more of a gloomy or rhythmic tone to it. “The soul’s dark cottage, batter’d and decay’d,
Lets in new light through chinks that time has made;”(The Soul’s Dark Cottage Line 1-2). The slightest of change in tone can differentiate two poems so much to where they can seem completely different and still have the same topic. These poems aren't just different to each other, they are the same in imagery. They are the same by placing a picture in your mind of death being bad. In DBNP it displays death as a person who wants people to die “DEATH be not proud, though some have called thee Mighty and dreadfull, for, thou art not so,” (Death be not proud line 1-2). Where in TSDC death is portrayed as an old half broken cottage all gloomy and waiting for its next owner to arrive for eternity. “The soul’s dark cottage, batter’d and decay’d,” (The Soul’s Dark Cottage Line 1) “As they draw near to their eternal home: Leaving the old, both worlds at once they view,” (The Soul’s Dark Cottage Line 4-5). They are the same by placing a picture in your mind of death being
They might have the same topic, but that does not mean that it has to be expressed the same. As an example DBNP is a poem where the writer is insulting death, like death is a person, saying that it has no power, and finishing with saying that death will die. Where TSDC is a poem stating that death is like an old cottage, saying that it is a place for the old wise where once …show more content…
DBNP’s tone is more angry, almost insulting, as it mocks death saying “Die not, poore death, nor yet canst thou kill me.” (Death be not proud line 4). Whereas TSDC has a more of a gloomy or rhythmic tone to it. “The soul’s dark cottage, batter’d and decay’d,
Lets in new light through chinks that time has made;”(The Soul’s Dark Cottage Line 1-2). The slightest of change in tone can differentiate two poems so much to where they can seem completely different and still have the same topic. These poems aren't just different to each other, they are the same in imagery. They are the same by placing a picture in your mind of death being bad. In DBNP it displays death as a person who wants people to die “DEATH be not proud, though some have called thee Mighty and dreadfull, for, thou art not so,” (Death be not proud line 1-2). Where in TSDC death is portrayed as an old half broken cottage all gloomy and waiting for its next owner to arrive for eternity. “The soul’s dark cottage, batter’d and decay’d,” (The Soul’s Dark Cottage Line 1) “As they draw near to their eternal home: Leaving the old, both worlds at once they view,” (The Soul’s Dark Cottage Line 4-5). They are the same by placing a picture in your mind of death being