William Penn, an English philosopher and founder of the province of Pennsylvania, once said that "for death is but our passing from time to eternity." He is saying that death is not the end of our life, but just another phase. In the poem “Holy Sonnet 10” by John Donne, the poet talks to death itself and expresses his opinion on his view of death and the point of view of others: it is something that he cannot control anything, it can be replaced by other things , and it is not the end of a person's life. Through the use of his imagery, Petrachan form, tone and language, Mr. Donne expresses the message that death need not be feared because one continues to live in paradise. John uses many examples of figurative language in his sonnet. To begin with, when Mr. Donne begins his poem, he uses the personification "Death, do not be proud" (1). The author is giving death the human characteristic of being “not proud”. The rest of the verse continues like this: “though some have called thee thyself. “Death should not be a source of pride, even if people think it is. John shows through this first line how he feels about death: he is too proud for his own good. Furthermore, Donne uses another personification when he states “ Powerful and terrible, because you are not like that" (2). Once again, he is giving death, a non-human concept, real characteristics. He believes that death is not “powerful” or “terrible” but something else. He gives his opinion that death is not "terrible" for people in their lives, but perhaps it is beneficial. Later the poet says: “You are a slave to fate, to chance, to kings and desperate men” (9). death is simply controlled by things like fate, which is the only way it can act on its own without these other forces, death is the result, not the cause death cannot make people physically fight. This comparison devalues ​​death in its importance and therefore in its necessity. John Donne's use of metaphors and personification in his poetry to emphasize his belief that death is not as bad as people or death actually think it is, but can actually be beneficial. The tone and allusions are important for John to describe how death is insignificant and irrelevant and that after death one moves on to a better place: heaven.