Mors certa in sonnet «Je n'ai plus que les os…» by Pierre de Ronsard

The article deals with peculiarities of the sonnet "Je n'ai plus que les os..." by Pierre de Ronsard, included in the cycle of "Last Poems". In the Renaissance period, the use of the sonnet in the Italian style became entrenched by French poets such as Pierre de Ronsard. Three weeks before his death, in December 1585, Ronsard, far from his inherent glorification of women, wrote his last poems. The title of the sonnet "Je n'ai plus que les os..." from the very beginning indicates the poet's rejection of worldly vanity and even of poetry. The poem seems to be the artistic climax to the poet. The sonnet is a kind of chant declaring the distance between the poet and poetry. But it is also the final homage to poetry, which is obviously not a celebration of the body but rather a celebration of the spirit, a call to transcendence and perhaps a way of approaching God. The sonnet reflects the poet's attitude to the approach of his own death. The analysis highlights two main concepts - death and reconciliation with it, made possible due to friendly support.