Donne also brings in the idea of the afterlife, and that when we die we do not sleep forever, but awake on the other side. Therefore death is not something to fear, but more so to ridicule for its false persona in the eyes of the world. 3. Rhetoric is one of the most important elements of establishing a distinct style within a particular work. John Donne effectively uses rhetoric to give his work "Meditation XVII" a religious and somber tone. He uses religious imagery, such as the repetition of the image of the bell tolling, "Perchance he for whom this bell tolls may be so ill as...

Therefore, we are responsible for the well-being of our fellow men in order to ensure our own well being, "if by this consideration of another's danger, I take mine own into contemplation, and so secure myself, by making my recourse to my God, who is our…