This question is based on Literary Principles. 'SINCE I am coming to that Holy roome, Where, with thy Quire of Saints for evermore I shall be made thy Musiq...

This question is based on Literary Principles.

'SINCE I am coming to that Holy roome,

Where, with thy Quire of Saints for evermore

I shall be made thy Musique; As I come

I tune the Instrument here at the dore,

And what I must doe then, thinke here before.'

John Donne, 'hymn to God my God'

In the stanza above, the poet recognizes that

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In the stanza above, the poet recognizes that he is near his death. The stanza is from John Donne's poem 'hymn to God my God' and in this stanza, he expresses his belief that he is getting closer to death and to God's holy room where he will be among the choir of saints forever. He describes himself as tuning his instrument at the door, meaning that he is preparing himself spiritually for the afterlife.