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Oliver01 Posted 12 years ago
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Meaning of a couplet
Death, be not proud, though some have called thee
Mighty and dreadful, for thou art not so;
Bold lines are the interpretations.
No bragging rights for Death, according to the poet, who in the first two lines of his sonnet denounces in apostrophe the end of life, “not proud,” “not so.”
who in the first two lines of his sonnet denounces in apostrophe the end of life, “not proud,” “not so.”
is this just saying, there is no end to life?
“Mighty and dreadful,” two weighty terms, do not belong nor confer any majesty on death. “Thou are not so.” A simple statement, a certain indictment, and the poet has dispensed with Death, who is ponderous, no preposterous for the previous fears His presence has impressed on mankind.
so what does "for thou are not so" mean then?
Mighty and dreadful, for thou art not so;
Bold lines are the interpretations.
No bragging rights for Death, according to the poet, who in the first two lines of his sonnet denounces in apostrophe the end of life, “not proud,” “not so.”
who in the first two lines of his sonnet denounces in apostrophe the end of life, “not proud,” “not so.”
is this just saying, there is no end to life?
“Mighty and dreadful,” two weighty terms, do not belong nor confer any majesty on death. “Thou are not so.” A simple statement, a certain indictment, and the poet has dispensed with Death, who is ponderous, no preposterous for the previous fears His presence has impressed on mankind.
so what does "for thou are not so" mean then?
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Oliver01 Death , be not proud , though some have called thee Mighty and dreadful , f or thou art not so ; You have to imagine that the writer is speaking to "Death" in some personified form. This is what he says to Death : Don't be proud (that you are mighty and dreadful) even though some people have said you are mighty and dreadful , because you're not (mighty and dreadful) . It's as simple as that.
- Oliver01 Death , be not proud , though some have called thee Mighty and dreadful , f or thou art not so ; You have to imagine that the writer is speaking to "Death" in some personified form.
- This is what he says to Death : Don't be proud (that you are mighty and dreadful) even though some people have said you are mighty and dreadful , because you're not (mighty and dreadful) .
- It's as simple as that.
- Oliver01 is this just saying, there is no end to life?
- No.
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Oliver01Death, be not proud, though some have called thee Mighty and dreadful, for thou art not so;You have to imagine that the writer is speaking to "Death" in some personified for
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CalifJimOliver01Death, be not proud, though some have called thee Mighty and dreadful, for thou art not so;You have to imagine that the writer is speaking to "Death" in some personified form. This is what he says to Death:Don't be proud (that you are mighty and dreadful) even though some people have said you are mighty and dreadful, because you're not (mighty and dreadful
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Oliver01I still am curious what that semicolon is there for.I suppose the next clause in the poem continues the thought started here. The semicolon separates the clauses.
CJ
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