What is the meaning and the effectiveness of the metaphor of a man as a piece of a continent?
What is the meaning and the effectiveness of the metaphor of a man as a piece of a continent?
That is one of my favorite quotes, and I'm a little confused as to what you don't understand about the meaning. All of humanity is one thing, and if one little piece is missing then the whole is less.
I think he is quite clear when he writes this, and I consider it effective...then again, you are asking questions. It is a minor part of the meditation really. The true essence is the tolling of the bells. Bells were rung to announce a passing or funeral... He basically says(and I paraphrase), ask not for whom the bell tolls, the bell tolls for thee. Or to revert it back to the metaphor the, continent has been reduced. I truly hope you have read this in its entirety, (you would believe how many people don't, but then ask questions).
"I am glad to learn my friend that you had not yet submitted yourself to any of the mouldy laws of Literature."
-John Muir
"My candle burns at both ends; It will not last the night; But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends - It gives a lovely light"
-Edna St. Vincent Millay
Thanks, I understood the bells tolling, but I must have skipped past the continent metaphor. I tried looking for it again, but couldn't find it. I was doing my assignment and out of my deduction, I thought that it ment that, Thanks though!
anytime good luck, i believe its at the top of the second or third paragraph.
"I am glad to learn my friend that you had not yet submitted yourself to any of the mouldy laws of Literature."
-John Muir
"My candle burns at both ends; It will not last the night; But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends - It gives a lovely light"
-Edna St. Vincent Millay
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