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1. Read this student’s explication of “Death, Be Not Proud.” What parts of her explication do you agree with? For what parts do you have a different interpretation? Make an argument, using the text, for one line that you think can be read in a different way. 


2. Explain how “Death, Be Not Proud” is an example of personification.