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 \nFor those whom thou think'st thou dost overthrowDie not,poor Death,nor yet canst thou kill me.From rest and sleep,which but thy pictures be,Much pleasure;then from thee much more must flow,And soonest our best men with thee do go,Rest of their bones,and soul's delivery.  \nThou art slave to fate,chance,kings,and desperate men,And dost with poison,war,and sickness dwell,And poppy or charms can make us sleep as wellAnd better than thy stroke;why swell'st thou then?One short sleep past,we wake eternallyAnd death shall be no more;Death,thou shalt die.  \n4  \n8  \n12  \nBriefly answer each of the following questions about “Death,be not proud”in thespace provided.  \n1.Analyze how the lines \"Thou art slave to fate,chance,kings,and desperate men,/And dostwith poison,war,and sickness dwell\"(lines 9-10)help establish the tone of the poem.Usetextual evidence from the passage to support your answer.  \n2.Explain how the sleep metaphor supports a central idea of the poem.Use textual evidencefrom the passage to support your answer.  \n3.What is the meaning of \"One short sleep past,we wake eternally\"(line 13)?Use textualevidence from the passage to support your answer.  \n# Literary Analysis Task:\n\nUse what you have learned from reading \"Because I could not stop for Death\"by EmilyDickinson and \"Death,be not proud\"by John Donne to write an essay that comparesand contrasts the impact of figurative language on the meaning and tone of each poem.  \nDevelop your essay by providing textual evidence from both texts.Be sure to follow theconventions of standard English.  \nWrite your essay on a separate piece of paper.You may use the space below forplanning.","cbCairRVWmohFc30","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCairRVWmohFc30","pdf",51704,"English","# Because I could not stop for Death\n## Death characterization and tone\n## Meaning of “civility”\n## Carriage ride extended metaphor\n# Death, be not proud\n## Tone via figurative language\n## Sleep metaphor and central idea\n## Meaning of “One short sleep past”\n# Comparative essay task","[{\"question\":\"How is Death characterized in Emily Dickinson’s poem?\",\"answer\":\"Death is presented as courteous and purposeful, “kindly stopped for me,” and the carriage ride proceeds with no haste. 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