Death be not Proud: Language

English

When something non human is given human characteristics

At the beginning of the poem Death is described as ...

As the poem continues Death is presented as ...

At the end of the poem Death is presented as ...

The pattern of rhyming words at the end of lines

Five pairs of unstressed and stressed syllables

How the poem is put together and laid out on the page

12 lines, one stanza and a rhyming couplet

14 lines, one stanza and a specific rhyme scheme

16 lines, two stanzas and a specific rhyme scheme

18 lines, three stanza and a rhyming couplet