Compare and Contrast George Herbert's 'Love' with Donne's 'Holy Sonnet'

... Compare and Contrast George Herbert's 'Love' with Donne's 'Holy Sonnet' (TGR) The very opening word of John Donne's "Death be not proud" is "Death", he is directly challenging death, whereas Herbert's first word is "Love". This creates a binary opposition as the two words are complete opposites. There is also a clear difference in the rhyming schemes. John Donne uses Petrarchan sonnet as it is the normal conventional scheme. This conveys Donne's defiant and determined attitude as he knows exactly what he wants and how he feels. This is shown through the imperative Donne uses in the opening line "Death be not proud". Also we see his boldness and defiant tone when he uses strong stresses at the beginning "mighty" and die". As opposed to Herbert who uses the simplistic 'a,b,a,b' rhyming scheme portraying his anxiety of what he feels. We see his insecurity when he says "yet my soul drew

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