Italian sonnets typically have a twist in the closing couplet. What twist does the speaker bring into the closing couplet of Joh

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Italian sonnets typically have a twist in the closing couplet. What twist does the speaker bring into the closing couplet of Joh

n Donne’s “Death Be Not Proud”?

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Sedbober [7] · Answer 1 · 2022-06-05T04:13:59+03:00

<span>John Donne: Poems Summary and Analysis of Holy Sonnet 10, "Death be not ... sonnet form in that it is made up of three quatrains and a concluding couplet. However, Donne has chosen the Italian/Petrarchan sonnet rhyme scheme of abba for the first two quatrains, grouping them into an octet typical of the Petrarchan form.</span><span>
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