'While game’s title is a reference to “For Whom the Bell Tolls” by Ernest Hemingway...'
This is actually much, much older than Hemingway.
No man is an island,
Entire of itself.
Each 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 thine own
Or of thine friend's were.
Each man's death diminishes me,
For I am involved in mankind.
Therefore, send not to know
For whom the bell tolls,
It tolls for thee.
--John Donne
Donne was a poet (a very good poet, at that) but this particular passage is from a bit of devotional prose, not a poem, and I think it's misleading to format it as if it were poetry. Especially as it's quite unlike the style of Donne's poetry.
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'While game’s title is a reference to “For Whom the Bell Tolls” by Ernest Hemingway...'
This is actually much, much older than Hemingway.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_DonneDonne was a poet (a very good poet, at that) but this particular passage is from a bit of devotional prose, not a poem, and I think it's misleading to format it as if it were poetry. Especially as it's quite unlike the style of Donne's poetry.
I pulled it from this source. Perhaps they are amenable to your insights?
https://www.yourdailypoem.com/listpoem.jsp?poem_id=2118