Question

How do lines 8-9 contribute to the overall meaning of the poem? from the poem No man is an Island

Answer 1

In the lines 8 - 9, in "No Man is an Island", Donne states that no man is on his own but some way or the other part of the community and that is what defines one's existence.

Explanation:

The final lines explains how one shouldn't question the funeral bell of another because he too is connected to the person who is dead.

In the lines 8 - 9, in "No Man is an Island", Donne states that no man is on his own but some way or the other part of the community and that is what defines one's existence.

John Donne tries to illustrate that every man is part of the crowd, of the environment because that is the circle of life and there is no way for one to drift away and believe to live on his own, and this is contributed very well in the final lines of the poem.