What is the poet's idea about the immortality of the soul in “Death, Be Not Proud”?

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Describe how Donne has celebrated the immortality of the soul in the poem Death Be Not Proud Or What is the poet's idea about the immortality of the soul in Death Be Not Proud In the poem Death Be Not Proud John Donne - speaks to Death like it is a person He tells Death not to be proud or powerful Donne believes that Death is not strong because the soul is immortal Death cannot kill the soul because the soul lives forever Death is Not Powerful Donne says Death is not mighty and dreadful as people think He believes that Death cannot really kill anyone He says when people die their souls do not end Their bodies rest but their souls continue Donne believes no one actually dies Death cannot kill him As he writes Die not poor Death nor yet canst thou kill me Moreover Donne argues that

Death is a slave Because it depends on other things to come Death is a slave to fate chance kings and desperate men Death is Like Sleep Donne compares Death to sleep He says sleep gives us rest and peace Death is just a longer sleep Donne argues that our souls become immortal and rest after death So Death should not be feared It is a soft and peaceful way to reach a better life for the soul The Soul Wakes Forever At the end Donne gives a strong Christian idea He says after death our souls actually wake eternally and become immortal One short sleep past we wake eternally This means the soul wakes up forever in the eternal afterlife So Death dies and the soul lives forever In fine Donne celebrates the soul s immortality by saying that Death is weak and not to be feared The soul does not die It lives on forever in the afterlife

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