The flea by John Donne.

"The flea by John Donne".

                                                                     

Introduction:

                                                                   

             
                         “The Flea” is remarkable metaphysical poetry of John Donne. He makes use of biological image of the flea, for the expression of the theme of love. It is an exceptional image to deal with the theme of love. John Donne what's the use of traditional images and bring the images of the flea.

Subject matter:

                          To deal with the theme of love. The poem is addressed by to his beloved the lover express love proposal to her and she refuses. It because of her sense of sin, shame and made hood.

                         She does not response to her lover because she considers it matter of sin and shame. It is because of her refusal that the lover gives example of the flea. The flea has first sucks his blood now it sucks her blood and show there bloods have mingled in that flea it is neither sin nor shame, the lovers trying to convince her that they are more than married in that living walls of that flea . That he is now their marriage but also the marriage Church.

                       Listening to such speech of the lover, the lady try to kill that flea. And again the lover tries to convince her not to kill that flea. he request her not to make her nails purple in the blood of that flea. They reason is it will be sin of killing three lives.

1) Life of flea
2) life of lover 
3) killing her self.

                     The lover wants her not to commit a dangerous sin of self murder she does not follow the request of that love and kills flea.

                                                                      

                                        Third stanza of the poem is given to the lovers attempt to convince her that all her fears are groundless. Both become one in that flea and yet it was not in sin shame. 

Conclusion:

                  The lovers of opinions that by accepting his proposal, she will bring honor to her the lovers. Wants her to realize that accepting proposal, is not lost of honor on country brings honor. So should pass her fear sense of sin and shame.

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