John Donne and Emily Dickinson was both an influential poet around the world. Their poems were appealing to both youth and elders because of their original way of illustrating ideas and uses of literary devices in the poem. A great English poet, John Donne wrote the Holy Sonnets: “Death, be not proud” poem. This poem presents a religious idea about death. On the other hand, Emily Dickinson one of America’s prominent poet wrote the “Because I could not stop for Death” poem. This six stanzas poem illustrated Dickinson’s thoughts about the path to the end of life. Both of these poems delivered a message about God’s grace of giving His people eternal life in the Heaven.
The theme of “Death, be not proud” is about eternal life. John Donne, the poet treat “Death” as a person and tells him that he does not have the authority to end a person’s life but only God can. Jesus Christ had created all human beings, animals and nature and because of this, He holds the power. Similarly, “Because I could not stop for Death” poem also consists of the same theme, eternity. Emily Dickinson used her own authentic writing skills to emphasize about God’s Grace. Although, many historians could not testify whether she believes in Christ or not but all readers can comprehend from the poem that she wrote about Christianity. John Donne and Emily Dickinson had used their own …show more content…
In “Death, be not proud” John Donne constructed a conversation between himself and death. “Death, be not proud, though some have called thee” (Donne). Donne used his religion to overturn death that all Christians are born with eternity. In contrast, Emily Dickinson developed a journey to the end of life. “We slowly drove – He knew no haste”
The theme of “Death, be not proud” is about eternal life. John Donne, the poet treat “Death” as a person and tells him that he does not have the authority to end a person’s life but only God can. Jesus Christ had created all human beings, animals and nature and because of this, He holds the power. Similarly, “Because I could not stop for Death” poem also consists of the same theme, eternity. Emily Dickinson used her own authentic writing skills to emphasize about God’s Grace. Although, many historians could not testify whether she believes in Christ or not but all readers can comprehend from the poem that she wrote about Christianity. John Donne and Emily Dickinson had used their own …show more content…
In “Death, be not proud” John Donne constructed a conversation between himself and death. “Death, be not proud, though some have called thee” (Donne). Donne used his religion to overturn death that all Christians are born with eternity. In contrast, Emily Dickinson developed a journey to the end of life. “We slowly drove – He knew no haste”