Question

In Holy Sonnet 10, lines 9-10 death is specifically personified as a __________, powerless and under the control of other forces ("fate, chance, kings, and desperate men").

Answer 1

In Holy Sonnet 10, death is personified as a powerless entity controlled by other forces. The poet highlights his own power to kill, without the ability to die.

Step-by-step explanation:

In Holy Sonnet 10 by John Donne, death is personified as a powerful entity under the control of other forces such as fate, chance, kings, and desperate men. The poet emphasizes the inability of death to have power over him because he has the power to kill but not the power to die.