Question: what is the rhyme scheme of the poem death be not proud by john donne
Answer: `` Death be not proud '' by John Donne Portrait of John Donne Written between February and August 1609 First published in Songs and Sonnets ( 1633 ) Country Kingdom of England Series Holy Sonnets Subject ( s ) Christianity , Mortality , Resurrection , Eternal Life Genre ( s ) religious poetry , devotional poetry Form Sonnet Rhyme scheme abba abba cddcae Lines 14