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Anonymous, 3 yr 155 days ago

you don't walk around putting fifty cent words in "parentheses" doth ye?

elevation from pedestrianism requires more than smoke and mirrors...

Anonymous, 3 yr 75 days ago
although it orginally comes from books and poems. because of its obvious ties to death,resently in film, theater, and entertainment this has become something of a poetic threat of ones impending doom.

scene: dark shadow lingers over a man.
man: who are you?
shadow: Ask not for whom the bell tolls (name), for the bell tolls for thee.
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MrPedantic  +  264392 Sat, 09 Sep 06 12:11 AM
And yet, Anon, don't you think it's strange to say, "don't ask this question"; then to give the answer?
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Anonymous, 3 yr 50 days ago

it is from a sermon but my impression is that it is widely referred to even by academics as a poem

i see where you get your name mr. pedantic.

Anonymous, 3 yr 26 days ago
an excellent answer in deed . I should have seen signs of a declining lovel affair , but have been hearing that bell for sometime now , so the bell tolls for me . Good wishes .Maggie
Anonymous, 3 yr 10 days ago

Just additional info...

When Donne writes of the tolling bell, he is, of course, speaking of the funeral bell. It was traditionally rung three times for a man and two times for a woman followed by a pause and then a toll for every year of age for the deceased

Anonymous, 2 yr 348 days ago
Actually I think he took it from John Donne "For Whom the Bell Talls". JG
MrPedantic  +  302137 Sat, 09 Dec 06 01:18 PM

I like the thought of "tall bells", Anon; but sadly, it's "For whom the bell tolls".

MrP
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Anonymous, 2 yr 346 days ago

 NanakiXIII wrote:
Could someone tell me what that phrase means?

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