1. Renaissance Seduction
... in the flea symbolizes them being one, presumably a reflection from the concept of sex during their period. In the next stanza, he puts his reasoning into action simply by arguing that they should have sex because something equivalent had already happened in the body of a flea. He immediately supports this ... argument by asserting, "O stay, three lives in one flea spare, / Where we almost, yea, more than married are." (Donne, line 10-11), a reference for the Christian notion of marriage, which declares that man and woman shall be one flesh. The poem then shifts into closure after ... ...
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- Approx Pages: 4
- Grade Level: High School