Friday, July 8, 2022

John Donne: No Man is an Island

Here is a brief analysis of that poem: And here is a link to that poem: No Man Is an Island No man is an island, Entire of itself; Every man is a piece of the continent, A part of the main. If a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less, As well as if a promontory were: As well as if a manor of thy friend's Or of thine own were. Any man's death diminishes me, Because I am involved in mankind. And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; It tolls for thee. ###

A Sonnet I Wrote. 17 March 2025

When Life has lost its satisfying charms, I go about my life as in a trance, And wait for Death to hold me his arms. And lead me in my last ...