Analysis Of John Donne's Sonnet 10 And Meditation 17

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but a short sleep compared to the eternal live we have after we
awaken from that sleep. Once we die the soul is alive and death no longer
presides. We are brought into eternal life. Death can no longer take us
because it already has.

Meditation 17, by John Donne

The passage that I chose that best demonstrates the theme is, “No
man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent,
a part of the main.” This passage says that no one is by themselves in
this world there are always people and spirits there to help and guide us.
We are not totally alone; we are part of the human race that was created by
God. This draws the whole poem together because it illustrates that God
calls to all of us because we are all his creations, all created equal.
When he tolls his bell, he beckons for all to worship him because he is
everyone's almighty father. I chose this passage because it sums up the
whole poem in saying that no man is alone because everyone is ...

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