Not only that, the flea (the baby) has joined them eternally, the same way marriage would join them. “Oh stay, three lives in one flea spare, Where we almost, yea more than, married are. This flea is you and I, and this Our marriage bed and marriage temple is.” Since they have already the marital bond, making love would not be considered a sin...
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This flea is you and I, and this Our marriage bed and marriage temple is.” Since they have already the marital bond, making love would not be considered a sin. Lines 14 and 15 of stanza 2, “Though parents grudge, and you, we are met, and cloistered in these living walls of jet,” describes how her parents do not accept that what he says is marriage...
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The Flea Analysis Because of this, he continues to press on with his argument. Telling her how her fears are unnecessary, and that she would lose just as much honor as when she killed the flea as when she gave herself to him...	2 / 391
The Flea Analysis There, he argues, killing the flea was easy, and as you say it hasn't harmed us - well, yielding to me will be just as easy and painless. This poem borrows a lot of religious imagery, because it helps add an aburd authority to the poem, as Donne tries to argue that what they are about to do is not only supported by God, but to not do it would be heretical...	2 / 340
The Flea The speaker uses the following lines of the stanza to reassure the woman that their act could not be considered a sin because a fleabite isn't considered as such...	4 / 1040
The Flea All twenty-seven lines of the poem follow the aabbccddd rhyme scheme. This consistency in pattern reflects the speaker's persistence as he proceeds with his request for intimacy throughout the poem...	2 / 291
The Flea Within the flea, he says, where their blood is mingled, the speaker goes on to explain how they are married, even more than married. “Where we almost, yea more than married are...	3 / 713
The Flea by John Donne It is true, he says, and it is this very fact that proves that her fears are false: If she were to sleep with him ("yield to me"), she would lose no more honor than she lost when she killed the flea...	3 / 698
The Flea The speaker uses the following lines of the stanza to reassure the woman that their act could not be considered a sin because a fleabite isn't considered as such...	4 / 1040