1. The Effects of Language, Imagery and verse form in
Nature actively combines, mingles, and unifies, whatever things we take for granted as physically separate and individual. ... In Donne's day it was thought that sexual intercourse literally involved the combination of bodies, making one of two. ... A conceit is a far-fetched and ingenious comparison; Donne has elaborated it "to the farthest stage to which ingenuity can carry it". ... It requires the reader to think and to decipher the code before them. ... This and other words suggest that even the joining through the flea; their union would be reproached by society. ...
- Word Count: 1246
- Approx Pages: 5
- Grade Level: Undergraduate