... the essence of her nature consists of, it is apparent that the lady has a tendency to kill him, metaphorically speaking, when she thwarts his desires. The stanza is completed with rhyming couplets, which maintains the ingenious depth of the verse form. Donne employs a unique pattern for four- fifths of his poems in this instance there are eight syllables per line; this ... true, then learne how false, feraes bee;/Just so much honor, when thou yeeld'st to mee, / Will wast, as this flea's death tooke life from thee". This and other words suggest that even the joining through the flea; the...

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