... 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." He thought that all people were interconnected in some way. What if we were more than just interconnected, what if we are all of ... the same. That is why no man is an island, because we are all part of the greater whole. Walt Whitman also felt everything was connected. In "Song of Myself" ... now stand, And surely go as much farther, and then farther and farther. A few quadrillions of eras, a few octillions of...

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John Donne, one of the infamous Metaphysical Poets, is known to some only by random quotes such as "for whom the bell tolls" or "no man is an island", but to others he is as important a writer as Shakespeare and thus has been valued as such in many ... forms. However John Donnes popularity is not universal and although he may be well known, he is not necessarily well liked. The origin of the term "Metaphysical Poets" ... that is so blatantly obvious to himself. Donne's most proven and even his technique he exploited the most is of course imagery. Donne is eclectic and obscure with his imageri...

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