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ery of the Elizabethan lyric. ? Poems are intellectually plex ? Irregular rhythms, stanzas ? Colloquial, condensed language ? Use of metaphysical conceit ? subtle argument Death, Be Not Proud By John Donne Holy Son 10 Death, be not proud, though some have called thee Mighty and dreadful, for thou art not so, 死神,你莫驕傲,盡管有人說(shuō)你 如何強(qiáng)大,如何可怕,你并不是這樣; For, those, whom thou think39。s scythe, that sickle with the huge, nastylooking curved blade. 甚至更能催我入睡;那你何必趾高氣揚(yáng)呢? One short sleepe past, wee wake eternally, (we do “sleep for a short time, but then we wake up and live forever.) 睡了一小覺(jué)之后,我們便永遠(yuǎn)覺(jué)醒了, And death shall be no more。 Death, thou shalt die. e Speaker’s Attitude ?Speaker’s attitude is bold and defiant as he attack death’s supposed invulnerability. ? Reinforce the meaning. Form of Expressing # supposed dialogue with “death” # mocking tone. Theme ? Man is superior to Death ?死亡是瞬間的,將很快不復(fù)存在,而死后的歡樂(lè)則是永恒的,人對(duì)于死亡的畏懼變成了死亡自身的恐懼,死亡對(duì)于人來(lái)說(shuō)不過(guò)是通往幸福永生的大門。