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21 February, 13:56

Explain the poetic techniques used in the opening lines of John Donne's Sonnet X.

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  1. 21 February, 14:20
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    Donne is using both personification and apostrophe in these lines. He is using apostrophe when he speaks to death as though it were a person who could hear it and respond to him. he also personifies death as if it were a person who could feel proud or be "mighty" and "dreadful".
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