... the changes in English, or maybe purposefully, the language used seems to be typically romantic in its syntax and style. Donne makes use of words such as "thou", "wilt", and phrasing such as "Bind but till sleep", these words and phrases are no longer in common usage, and therefore (for the modern reader at least) emphasises the romantic basis of the poem ... him. This (irregular) irregularity seems suitable to the poem, due to the unpredictability of the human mind. Apart from the middle section (lines 5 to 11), the poem is written in rhyming couplets. While to start this seems at leas...

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... 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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