No Man is an Island is an emotional poem on the interconnections of humanity. Born in 1572, John Donne is the man behind this beautiful short poem. The poet expresses through the poem that no individual exists in isolation. Everyone’s existence and experiences are intertwined with others. The poem also shares an insight on death.
No man is an island,
Entire of itself;
Every man is a piece of the continent,
A part of the main.
If a clod be washed away by the sea,
Europe is the less,
As well as if a promontory were:
As well as if a manor of thy friend’s
Or of thine own were.
Any man’s death diminishes me,
Because I am involved in mankind.
And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls;
It tolls for thee.