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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. The theme of "Meditation 17" is death brings people closer to God. Which is expressed through out the entire work.
             In the first paragraph, Donne talks about a man being so sick and when the bell tolles for him. Other people around him will think they are better than him because they are not dying. In the second paragraph, he says that all men embrace each other; when a child is baptized or if a man dies they are connected to the church, which are connected to all other men. Donne also says whenever we die, we do not go away, but we go to a new higher place. Everybody dies in various ways (sickness, age, war, etc.). There will be that one-day where we all will be brought together. In the third paragraph, he states that all people should rise early and come to church, the ones that come earliest will get their prayers answered.
             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 fifth paragraph, he talks about how there are some people that do not need the bell and can hear the ringing within them. In the sixth paragraph, Donne says that all men are united and one man cannot stand-alone. All people affect us whether it diminishes or strengthen us and usually do not know when someone or yourself is dying. In the last paragraph he says that we take in misery, pain, and/or suffering from people around us and ourselves as if it was a treasure that is hard to spot. We learn that hardships are what make us stronger when we learn from our mistakes and other's mistakes, which brings us all closer to God who also makes us stronger.
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