The Flea

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English

 

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Tony R

 

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December 10, 2012

 

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University

 

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A

 

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He uses the flea as an argument to illustrate that the physical relationship he desires is not in itself a significant event, because a similar union has already taken place within the flea. However, if we look beneath the surface level of the poem, Donne uses the presence of the flea as a comparison to the presence of a baby, thus making the sub textual plot about aborting the baby...
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The first two lines of the poem, "Mark but this flea, and mark in this, How little that, which thou deny'st me, is;" I interpreted to mean that the woman doesn't deny the flea access to her body, yet she denies the advancements of the speaker. Next the speaker uses conceit to illustrate the similarities between their lovemaking and the mingling of their blood within the flea...
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