Completely Opposite of the Last Post

In John Donne's Death, be not proud, the narrator takes a superior position over death.  He begins his verbal attack of death by saying "Death, be not proud, though some have callèd thee mighty and dreadful, for thou art not so; for those whom thou think'st thou dost overthrow die not, poor death, nor yet canst thou kill me," (Donne, 971).  The narrator says the death is a weak a pathetic being that has no real power.  He claims that death is not able to touch him, let alone take him.  He goes on to explain that through actions of their own, humans bring destruction upon themselves before death is able to.  Devices like poison, war, and sickness are some of the examples that humans invented that do death's job.  The author shows brashness when he says these devices can bring death upon mankind better than death himself can.  The author clearly has no fear of thoughts about death, and readily challenges it.  The poem concludes with the author claiming that after death comes eternal life, and that is where death shall die.  The author takes comfort in the idea that  the afterlife will grant him eternal life, and in so becomes overly confident in his ability to beat dearth.