John Donne uses a flea, blood, and the murder of the flea as cunning metaphors for the most established ancient ritual, intercourse. Through the use of symbolic images Donne is not only analyzing the power of virginity but also the significance of premarital sex and intercourse as it exists in life. ... Here Donne expresses the fact that by squashing the flea she is spreading the speaker's blood and hers as well, basically carrying out the act of murder. ... This idea of intercourse becomes very relevant to the poem; however, it also questions the message Donne is trying to portray. ...

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God's Gifts Analysis of the poem The Flea John Donne, a poet of the renaissance has produced many lusty and sexual poems. ... John Donne's character in this poem is very determined to bed his mistress by applying his wits instead of by force. ...

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John Donne makes his poetry easy to understand because he does not use a difficult language to get his message through his readers. ... Donne started his writing in the early 1600's. ... In "The Apparition" written by John Donne, talks about a man who tries to seduce his lady by trying to scare her first so she is so terrified that she has no choice except to sleep with him. ... In "The Flea," also written by John Donne, this one is much better in such way that he does not scare her just to get her into bed. ... He had a lot of allusion, simile, and metaphor while Donne only used imag...

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