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Contrasting John Donne

Winston Froom
Junior Member

since 2001-11-28

Posts 32

0 posted 2002-07-12 03:08 PM

Every man is an island,
entire of itself.
Every man is a continent and,
within himself, the Maine.

If a clod is indeed
washed away by the sea,
Europe remains the same-
a promontory remains the same.

As well as a friend's manor,
or your own.

Any man's death
moroses me,
yet it does not
diminish me.

For I am aware of mankind,
though not embodied in it.
So therefore send to know,
if you're able:

For whom the bell tolls-
it might just toll for thee.

clve527
Member

since 2002-07-08

Posts 200

1 posted 2002-07-12 08:17 PM

Just a piece of advice, I would provide a link to Donne's poem. Since you do in fact use certain lines that are exactly the same as the ones in his poem, you should provide the readers that care a link to the poem.

Casey

Winston Froom
Junior Member

since 2001-11-28

Posts 32

2 posted 2002-07-14 01:47 AM

Well, actually I can't be bothered with searching the net for links. And what Donne wrote wasn't a poem. If readers wish to read Donne's piece from which I based this poem, it is just before Hemingway's "For Whom The Bell Tolls".

clve527
Member

since 2002-07-08

Posts 200

3 posted 2002-07-14 10:28 AM

You can't be bothered? Than how can you expect people to be "bothered" with critiquing your work?

Casey

Some editors are failed writers, but so are most writers.
- T. S. Eliot

Winston Froom
Junior Member

since 2001-11-28

Posts 32

4 posted 2002-07-14 05:18 PM

Well, sir; I'm obviously not asking people to critique this. The word encourage is not to be confused with the word request. So yes, I can't be bothered.

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