Death, be Not Proud

            The poem “Death, Be Not Proud,” is a very hard poem to understand. It was written in 1633, so it contains a lot of words like thee and thou. Once the reader understands what is being said in the poem, they realize that it is a fascinating piece of work. The poem makes death into a real person. Death walks around killing people. He thinks he is in control, but in reality there is a greater force than he. That greater force is God. When death kills people, if they are true believers of Christ, God allows them into heaven. When they enter heaven, they live on eternally. The poem can also be viewed in a different way. It could be talking about when Christ comes back to earth. When He comes back He will take up the heaven all the believers. Then He will destroy the world. Through this action, He will be destroying death. Either way, the poem has the same message. The message is that death can never win because God is in control. Death has some power right now, but it is only temporary.