Fleas as a Subject in the Renaissance Era

Fleas were the theme of popular poetry in Renaissance, and the poet was fascinated, inspired by the lack of fear of insects, and soon became a hot topic for the poet (Andy). Since the 17th century, the idea of ​​"mixing blood" was an interesting idea of ​​Dorn. This brave small animal is drawing impossible for women who have attracted his blood and mistress' blood. Even oneself.

In the Renaissance era, fleas were popular characters. These creatures are everywhere in real life and erotic poetry (inspired by the writing of the Roman poet Ovid) - their ability to freely walk around the body of a woman brings them to John Donne's poet narrator and We make many other jealousies. Since the 17th century, society has regarded sex as a mixture of blood, and flea sucking blood has great potential as a dangerous metaphor. Dawn's poem consists of 3 rows and 9 rows. The first six lines of each section consist of three rhyming caplets, and the last three lines of each section are triplets. Thus, the format of Dorn reflects his content as three different entities - male, female, flea - are one.

John Marne's "The Flea" shows the persistence of each of the three sections, just like Marvell's poem. The first section of Dorn's poem begins with Dorn instructing women to pay attention to fleas. "Mark, but this flea is marked here." "You deny me how tenuous it is, I suck first and then suck you." He points to a bite of fleas. Dawn explained himself and a woman's combination as there is a flea that "Our two bloods are mixed." He told her to "admit" what he felt he knew he ought to be with him now. Then he said that the blood is now mixed, and the flea sucked it from both, it will not be considered disgrace.

Compare John Donne's "The Flea" with Andrew Marvell's "To His Coy Mistress" and decide which is the most attractive thing.