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"The Flea"
John Donne
- Thesis Statement: Regardless of Donne's
extensive explanation of why this person
should sleep with him, he fails to actually
convince them to do so.
- Formalist
Terminology
- Conceit
- "It sucked me first, and now sucks thee,
And in this flea our two bloods mingled be"
- "It sucked me first, and now sucks thee,
And in this flea our two bloods mingled be"
- Rhyme Scheme
- "Yet this enjoys before it woo,
And pampered swells with one
blood made of two, And this,
alas, is more than we would do
- "Yet this enjoys before it woo,
And pampered swells with one
blood made of two, And this,
alas, is more than we would do
- Imagism
- "Cruel and sudden, hast thou since
Purpled thy nail, in blood of innocence?"
- "Cruel and sudden, hast thou since
Purpled thy nail, in blood of innocence?"
- Conceit
- Main argument
- The way Donne turns a nonsexual
situation into something overwhelmingly
sexual does not help him. He is trying to
sweet talk this person but instead comes
off as creepy
- His argument begins very logically and rationally,
however, as the poem develops the reader notices that
his intentions are no more than having sex. The last
stanza tells us this because of how shocked he becomes
when he sees how easily the person kills the flea
- The Rhyme scheme in this poem truly expresses the internal
feelings of the speaker. He is trying to remain calm as the poem
develops we see how desperate he really is. He uses words that
make him seem composed and calm but the structure of the
poem tells us otherwise
- The way Donne turns a nonsexual
situation into something overwhelmingly
sexual does not help him. He is trying to
sweet talk this person but instead comes
off as creepy
- Formalist
Terminology
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