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The Flea. By John Donne. Mark but this flea, and mark in this, How little that which thou deniest me is; It sucked me first, and now sucks thee, And in this flea our two bloods mingled be; Thou know’st that this cannot be said. A sin, nor shame, nor loss of maidenhead, Yet this enjoys before it woo, And pampered swells with one blood made of two,
The poem, ‘The Flea’ by John Donne is one of the best lyrics of Donne’s poems. Flea was a very popular subject for ribald and amatory poetry during the Renaissance. In this respect, the Renaissance poets imitated Ovid who has a poem on the subject.
“The Flea” is a poem by the English poet John Donne, most likely written in the 1590s. In “The Flea,” the speaker tries to seduce his mistress with a surprising (and potentially gross) extended metaphor: both he and she have been bitten by the same flea, meaning their separate blood now mingles inside the flea’s body.
Mar 3, 2016 · A summary of one of Donne’s most celebrated poems by Dr Oliver Tearle. ‘The Flea’ is one of the most popular poems written by John Donne (1572-1631). Like many of his greatest poems, it contains elements associated with metaphysical poetry. Here is the poem, followed by a short summary and analysis of it. The Flea.
“The Flea” is an erotic poem in which the speaker, following the tradition of carpe diem poetry, attempts to convince his mistress to have sex with him. He does so by developing a shocking conceit based on a flea that has just bitten both him and his mistress.
" The Flea " is an erotic metaphysical poem (first published posthumously in 1633) by John Donne (1572–1631). The exact date of its composition is unknown, but it is probable that Donne wrote this poem in the 1590s when he was a young law student at Lincoln's Inn, before he became a respected religious figure as Dean of St Paul's Cathedral. [1] .
One of Donne’s most popular poems, written in Donne’s college years. The speaker uses the conceit of a flea as an extended metaphor of his relationship with his addressee in order to persuade ...
