A few days ago
Anonymous

what does “never send to know for whon the bell tolls, it tolls for thee” from john donne mean?

what does “never send to know for whon the bell tolls, it tolls for thee” from john donne mean?

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A few days ago
Anonymous

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It means that we are all one. We are not isolated from one another, we are all connected. So when one person dies, we all lose a little. The bell he’s talking about is a church bell tolling for a funeral. Never ask for whom the bell tolls, he’s saying because no matter who it is that died, the bell is tolling for YOU.
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A few days ago
LindaLou
I don’t know about John Donne, but Ernest Hemingway wrote a novel called, “For Whom the Bell Tolls.”

Knowitall answered it well.

The tolling of a funeral bell is quite mournful. When someone hears it they say, “Who died?” The mournful tolling hits you in the gut and reminds you that one day it will toll for you.

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