Death be not proud By John Donne

John Donne's holy sonnet deals with the theme of the death. The poet in this sonnet chakkanges authority of death saying that there is no need for any human being to be afraid of death.death is generally considered to be mighty and dangerous but in reality it is neither mighty nor dangerous.death thinks that when it gows to a person it throws away that person but in reality that person does not die. The poet tells death that it  has capacity even to kill him. According to the poet the picture of death is nothing but sleep  and rest. Sleep and rest generally give joy to a person since that is function of death, pleasure should derived.
The poet addressing to death manshions the even the best people sooner or later go with death why should then he afraid of death? Death offered rest to human body and soul is transformed to another body. Death is slave of fate, chance, king and a man  who is in distress . There are three residing places of death namely poison, war and sickness.

Death  performed same function which is performed by charms of mother. Mother lives causes sound sleep to a child and in the same manner death also causes sleep to a  person.  There is no  need for death to be proud after every sleep person gets up. Death  is accepted in this manner death, death  no more remain death but it dies away.

The present sonnet of Donne conveys a message that to a mankind how death should be treated without considering it. Mighty or dangerous.