Death Be Not Proud 'And Here, Bullet'

There have been many themes in poetry over the years weather it be love, anger, nature, death ect. Death in fact is one of the top biggest themes found within poetry through out the ages. Like both of these poems , "Death Be Not Proud" by John Donne and "Here, Bullet" by Brain Turner hold that same gruesome morbid fixation of death. Though Donne's writing on death seems to down play its strength while Turner challenges death and invites it in. They both take on a bold and daring stance against death and show little fear within their words. Plus Donne and Turner both seem to in a way, talk crap towards death, as if they do not tremble in the presence of death but instead dare death to face them. Each other has his own spin on death, but within that spin they give death almost human like personality characteristics.
The character in it challenges death by challenging a bullet. He boldly invites it to strike his body when he states " If a body is what you want, then here is bone and gristle and flesh" (Turner, B.). Then he even goes as far, as to challenge the bullet to finish him to the death by saying " And I dare you to finish what you have started" (Turner, B.). The bullet of war eventually ends the characters life. Taking a step back and analisysing this poem you pick up on some key poetic devices. Like how the writer leads you through his poetic story with well used imagery. It also seems Like he Personifies the Bullet when he challenges it, giving it a life like feel. As if the bullet has the ability to get riled up by his words to the point it wishes to actually strike him. Turner also uses Onomatopoeia when he uses the word hissing in the poems eleventh line and snapped in the third line. He also uses assonance with in his poem "Here, Bullet" when he repeats a short O Sound in several