The Flea
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- The Flea - John Donne
- syllogism - logical and coherent argument
- Metaphysical
- odd imagery - extended metaphor
- hyperbolic
- speaker is attempting to persuade someone to sleep with him
- Carpe Diem nature
- Lyrical
- 3 stanzas
- Iambic pentameter and tetrameter
- love ba boom ba boom
- Iambic pentameter and tetrameter
- conceit of the flea
- Metaphor of flea being sex or the product of sex - baby? three?
- Rhyming triplets - the speaker, the listener the fela
- fleas were very common in homes
- Speaker uses religion to strengthen argument - sex before marriage is sinful
- 'marriage' Three - holy trinity. blood - blood of Christ - blood of innocence
- 'sacrilege' to kill the flea
- 'marriage' Three - holy trinity. blood - blood of Christ - blood of innocence
- Cavalier poem
- devalues sex - how little - the flea is
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