An analysis of The Flea written by John Donne Essay

The flea, written by John Donne is another poem containing love, sex and religion. i of John Donnes characteristics is to always include these tether main subjects in his poems. The Flea re affords lust, except a lust with respect for women. The subject of this poem is just closely a couple of lovers lying in bed. He wants to take her virginity international from her. In essence, the meaning of this quote And in this flea our cardinal rips mingled be substance that the flea has bitten both lovers and that their blood is mingled in the flea. The act of having sexual intercourse is con inclinered to be an exchange of incarnate fluids, not necessarily being all about love and lust. The lover also feels nearly kind of jealousy because the flea has already mingled with her before their wedding party, and he has not, or in the poem referred to as to befroe court.The vocabulary used in this poem is quite old, I would place it dates back to the 17th century, it does not contain a lot of change words, that the old English used made it necessary to supply the poem in a much contemporary language.Imagery is astray present. two blood mingled be is very sort link to exchanging bodily fluids, the equivalent of having sexual intercourse. Another clear link to the sexual side is And pamperd swells with one blood made of two The flea symbolizes a different thing every stanza. In the showtime stanza, the flea represent the two lovers united to take onher in the flea, This flea, you and I is a metaphor but stating what the greatest part of the poem is about. The flea contains both their blood, and in it, they are together. then(prenominal) in the second stanza, the flea is not simply them being together, but it factor the intact world to them. In the third and last stanza however the fleas symbol is that of sin and suddenly gets demoted to simply being a flea again. And ringd in these living walls of jet immediately cretes an image of a small, dark place, most probably in this case being the inside of the flea. There is quite a lot of repetition in this poem, especially Mark but this flea, and mark in this creates an emphasizing effect and attempts to get the readers attention on the flea.The structure is mostly consistent throughout the whole poem, except for the last 3 lines. The poem is a closed-form poem, and the rhyming blueprint is AABBCCDDD. This, is, thee, be in the early stanza clearly shows this rhyming pattern is present in the poem. The effect of this rhythm is that makes it easier to remember this poem, as it in some way sounds homogeneous a song when the rhythm is followed.The inflect in this poem is one of deep intimacy and curiosity, especially in the first stanza the tone is one of curiosity. He is jealous of the flea that already has mingled their bloods. And this, alas Is to a greater extent than we would do. Suggests that the lover finds it a pity that they did not have intercourse yet, but it doesnt bring h im down so to speak. In the second stanza however, the tone changes from curiosity to pity for the flea and is more impassionate, as in the second flea it becomes clear that the woman wants to kill the flea because it has her blood already. The lover presents an argument and tries to seduce her into not killing the flea seeing that she would committing 3 sins as she would be killing three sins in killing three the flea, the lover, and herself. So it also carries some gloom with it.In the third and last stanza the tone is set to a more playful mood again. Sinfulness in this poem is clearly present. To direction the fleas innocence, Wherein could this flea guilty be? It changes the image of the flea to that of just an insect again, that is not smart enough to realize what it has done. Overall, the tone is a lot like the process of sexual intercourse. It has the foreplay, and then it builds up to the climax and last(a)ly relaxes again. The first stanza represents the foreplay, a sma ll thing such as the flea sucking the blood of both, with a sexual connotation it suckd me first, and now sucks thee is a playful connotation of for example refer kisses. Then it builds up in intensity as the man attempts to persuade her but fails at defend the innocent fleas life finally the woman kills it, which would be the climax. The final stanza is simply reflecting upon what just happened and the pace slows down again, the relaxation.To conclude this essay, I remember this poem is about two people who deeply love individually other and the lover tries to persuade the woman into losing her virginity to him. This poem is about the intimate relationship, love, and sex and religion. Religion as in the marriage bed and marriage temple and not having sex before woo. It refers to human temperament as all of us have the same desire and feelings in us. Most of us will find their true love at some point and experience the mingling of their blood. Not necessarily of course, but I b elieve that for most of us this is true.