Pattern 2: Death, be not proud

"we wake eternally, And death shall be no more; death, thou shalt die." lines 13-14

In this poem, the speaker personifies death and addresses it through an apostrophe. The speaker is firm in his belief that is nothing to be feared. He expresses this at the beginning of the poem, "though some have called thee mighty and dreadful, for thou art not so." He believes that death has no real powers in itself, rather it is a "slave to fate, chance, kings,and desperate men." The speaker expresses that death will never overpower us as humans. He supports this with the thought of after life. Jesus died for us so that we could live with him in heaven for all of eternity. The speaker argues that even though death may take our physical life, it will never rob us of our spiritual life with God. That is why he doesn't think death should be feared. We will be able to live with God for all of eternity regardless of how, when, where, or at what age we die.