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Which line best states the theme of John Donne's Holy Sonnet 10?
A) "One short sleep past, we wake eternally..."
B) "...And soonest our best men with thee do go..."
C) "Death be not proud, though some have called thee.
D) "...And doest with poison, war, and sickness dwell..."

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sarkhan2018

Death and mortality is the main theme of the poem. All of the given lines deal with this. The lines "One short sleep past, we wake eternally" is the last lines of the poem. Here, one short sleep symbolizes the death and the poet gives his final confirmation for the subject that it is not final, there is an eternal wake-up after that.

Answer:

C) "Death be not proud, though some have called thee".

Explanation:

The sonnet is addressing death not as fear or ending but as not being afraid of death. The sonnet seems to address death as nothing to be scared of.

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