27+ No Man Is An Island Poem Background. No man is an island is a famous section of meditation xvii from this book. Olde english version no man is an iland, intire of itselfe;
Donne's poetical works are described by abrupt openings and various paradoxes no man is an iland, intire of itselfe;
They say that no man is an island and good things come to those who wait but the things i hear are there just to remind me. But in the elizabethan age when john donne had composed the meditation no man is an island, the poem is structured in a peculiar fashion such that the resultant effect on reading it is not merely a realization of the universal humanity donne is hinting at. And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; Any man's death diminishes me, because i am involved in mankind.