Sep 7, 2008

For Whom the Bell Tolls by John Donne

Reading "Theme of English B", espeically the sentence, " I am part of you", reminds me the epilogue of Ernest Hemingway's novel, "For Whom the Bell Tolls", which actually came from John Donne's poem:

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 bells tolls; it tolls for thee.

Leslie

1 comment:

Leslie said...

When I first read `Theme of English B`, I really thought the poet was a student. hahaha?