Imagery is the backbone on which this sonnet is composed, for without such imagery, Death could not be overcome. As soon as the speaker personifies Death, he

Death not only takes the appearance of a lowly man, but it also takes the humble situation of a slave. Humiliation has a way of deflating the pride that once filled a man's sails. Death has no control over whom it affects; it cannot pick and choose and thereby illustrate sovereign power over man. No, Death is a slave to such things as chance, war, and suicide - all these circumstances must provide bodies for Death to claim as its own. And still the dead Death holds only give it the status of a slave living among pestilence. Because Death depends on man to supply it with power and has no authority to give it precedence over life, Death is just held captive to man's choices and therefore has no dominion over life.

Death is seen as an end, but it is only a mea

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Approximate Word count = 515
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)