meditation 17 John Donne's "Meditation 17" is on of his best works .Aside to being a writer he was also a very famous preacher. ... In the first paragraph, Donne talks about a man being so sick and when the bell tolles for him. ... Donne also says whenever we die, we do not go away, but we go to a new higher place. ... In the fourth paragraph, Donne talks about a bell will toll for those who think they are dying, and though death last about a minute you will soon be brought to God. ... In the sixth paragraph, Donne says that all men are united and one man cannot stand-alone. ...

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John Donne and Matthew Arnold, two poets of different time periods both wrote two very similar poems, which were very well recognized for their extended metaphors. ... Other than that idea, the views of Arnold and Donne differ, but are connected together at the same time. ... However Donne was a very religious man and used holy imagery. ... It is the ringing or funeral bells that are symbolizing the bells that Donnes God is ringing. ... Donne on the other hand believed that man is universally connected, and all of mankind hurts when someone is hurt. ...

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Reply to Meditation 17 In John Donne's meditation seventeen, man aspects of death and life itself was shown in his work. ... Also in the meditation Donne states "No man is an Island, entire of itself- which tells us that no matter how great we think we are, we are part of something greater then ourselves, a community of people, a community of God, or a community of every living thing, however you wish it interrupt it. ...

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