John Donne: No Man Is an Island

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This activity contains 3 questions.

Analyze Donne’s use of metaphor and other imagery. How does his poetic language contribute to the meditation’s effect?

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Paragraph by paragraph, closely analyze your own response to Donne’s prose.What does the meditation communicate to you?

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Apply Donne’s message to the contemporary world. Use examples to suggest the extent to which people follow Donne’s words and the extent to which they do not.

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