Wit: Death Be Not Proud
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  • English → Sonnet → Death Be Not Proud
  • Language Arts → Punctuation → Importance of Punctuation

Professor Ashford critiques the version of "Death Be Not Proud" by English poet, John Donne, that Vivian Bearing uses because it is incorrectly punctuated. The punctuation within a poem can give it an entirely different meaning.

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    about 2 years ago
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