John Donne Holly Sonnet X Anal

Death, commonly viewed as an all-powerful force against life, is otherwise described in John Donne’s Holy Sonnet 10. As found in any English Sonnet, there is a rhyme scheme and a standard meter. Although the standard meter is iambic pentameter, as in most English Sonnets, the rhyme scheme differs a little from the usual, consisting of ABBA ABBA CDDC AE. Sonnets convey various thoughts and feelings to the reader through the different moods set by …

…it does not control what our destiny is, we still recognize that eventually all of us will get there one way or another as stated in lines seven and eight, “And soonest our best men with thee do go, Rest of their bones, and soul’s delivery.” All of us will end up meeting Death; nevertheless it will not come for us during our lifetime, it will only watch from a distance, until called again.