When We Two Parted Death Quotes

"Knell" is synonymous with death. Always. Period. It is the bell rung to announce somebody's death. The mention of the woman's name is like the announcement that somebody is dead—is it the speaker, who feels dead or feels like death? Is it the woman, who is essentially "dead" to the speaker? It's hard to tell just whose death is being heralded by the "knell" here.

Like we said, death is sneaky. Here he arrives in the form of forgetfulness. The speaker might as well be dead to the woman whose "heart" has entirely forgotten about him.