... 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. The speaker uses the flea as a cunning tool to explain his point of view about premarital sex. The ... many poems about intercourse . Within this poem the flea is illustrated as a marriage temple and a carrier of life; however, at the same time being something so irrelevant and small as well. The speaker uses the flea in relation to intercourse on more than one instance. The speaker indicates t...

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• Grade Level: High School