"Death, Be Not Proud" poet (5)
I believe the answer is:
donne
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">death be not proud poet</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this in another clue)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for donne that I've seen before include "John -, English poet" , "Writer of poetry" , "English preacher and metaphysical poet, d. 1631" , "basic assumption" .)