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15+ Death Poem By John Donne Images. This poem is in the public domain. For those whom thou think'st thou dost overthrow die not, poor death, nor yet canst thou kill me.

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Each man's death diminishes me, for i am involved in mankind. In it, donne directly speaks to death, as though he is a person. The poem speaks of how heaven is eternal.

Just so much honor, when thou yieldst to me, will waste, as this flea's death took life from thee.

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