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‘The Flea’ by John Donne is the poet’s most famous poem. In it, he uses one of his brilliant conceits to convince his love to sleep with him.
In ‘To Sleep’, John Keats presents a lyrical voice that desires to go to sleep. The action of sleeping will be associated with a place of wellness and calmness in comparison with the troubles of the daytime.
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In John Keats's sonnet "To Sleep," a speaker fervently prays to the personified figure of Sleep itself, begging for Sleep to bestow blissful unconsciousness on them—and quickly, before all the speaker's daytime worries can swoop in and spoil their rest.
“Holy Sonnet 10,” often referred to by its opening line (“Death, be not proud”), was written by the English poet and Christian cleric John Donne in 1609 and first published in 1633. The poem is a direct address to death, arguing that it is powerless because it acts merely as a “short sleep” between earthly living and the eternal ...
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The poem uses the sleep analogy to strip death of its fearsome aura and symbolize the renewal of life in another realm. Sleep, which is beneficial for rest and regeneration, symbolizes a peaceful transition rather than an end.
