united We find another interesting conceit in The Sun Rising Here Donne compares the bedroom of the lovers to the whole world He says the sun does not need to travel all around the world it can just shine on them Because everything important is in their room As he writes She's all states and all princes I Nothing else is Wit in Donne s Poems Wit is the ability to say or write things that are clever and usually funny Donne s wit makes his poems entertaining In Death Be Not Proud he talks to Death like it is a person He says Death should not be proud because it is not powerful Death is like a peaceful sleep Our souls wake eternally after this short sleep One short sleep past we wake eternally This is a very witty remark Donne ends the poem even more funnily by telling Death to die Death thou shalt die nbsp To wrap up conceit and wit make Donne s poems special These literary devices make his poems meaningful and full of surprise