The Flea-John Donne
- Created by: Jadehahn
- Created on: 04-04-17 17:37
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- (1572-1631) Renaissance Period
- The poem is a metaphysical conceit
- Donne was a metaphysical poet, mainly concerned with seizing pleasure in the moment ("Carpe Diem")
- Donne was also a Machiavellian who believed that immorality is second to being politically successful, and was a politically devious/selfish
- The audience for his poetry was a male dominated English court
- The motif of women being objects strongly reflects the view that women were to be conquered (also seen in many other poems)
- This poem alternates metrically between lines…
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