The Flea by John Donne

The Flea by John Donne

John Donne's “The Flea” is an enchantment ballad in which the creator presents the title bug to his sweetheart as an image of the potential culmination of their association as he hopes to consummate their romantic relationship. The ballad is ordered into three stanzas of nine lines each. Every of these stanzas manages a distinctive part of Donne's contention (Hurley, 2005). Donne utilizes similitude, representations, and general influence to attempt to bow his sweetheart's musings to his way of suspecting. The opening line “mark yet this bug, and check in this, how small ...