The Flea by John Donne and To His Coy Mistress by Andrew Marvell
"The Flea" by John Donne is written in the 17th century as is "To his
coy mistress" by Andrew Marvell. This we can see by the language used
which was typical of that period in time "apt to kill me" and "yea"
which are taken from the flea. Both poems also speak of virginity
being very important, especially before marriage because if a woman
had lost her "maidenhead" before, the husband would have the right to
leave her without the need for a divorce.
Both poems have the same theme of seduction. In "The flea" this is put
across in each in three regular stanzas where as "To His Coy Mistress"
is written in to sections. This is to convey that each stanza is still
about the same subject because they are of similar lengths and writing
style. The first stanza of "The Flea" conveys the message of how the
flea has taken blood from both of their bodies and has combine it in
the body of the flea, and so making them united as one "And in this
flea, our two bloods mingled be". Donne's argument is based on this
flea throughout the three stanza's and goes on to start his persuasion
that the flea has had its pleasure in the form of food, and so why can
they not enjoy in a sexual relationship and experience pleasure
similar to what the flea has had, but without the trouble of wooing
her leading on to marrying her. In the second stanza he then goes on
to further push his argument (which at this time seems to be going
quite well) that in the flea's "living wall of jet" they have been put
together even though her parents have doubts "Though parents grudge"
and are almost married (since their bloods have been combined and
become one which, in that period of ...
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... with her. However the type of love most
people would like to feel is that in "Shall I Compare Thee" which
displays a staggering amount of compliments for the lady in the poem.
Overall these poems are very different in their portrayal of love, but
each manage to convey it to the reader exceedingly well through use of
structure (such as the dramatic monologue form of "My Last Duchess"
that shows his self centeredness and control), language (such as the
complementary language used in "Shall I Compare Thee"). Imagery is
also used effectively (as in "First Love" when Clare describes himself
as "winter" and girls as "flowers" to show that he does not comply
with them). The actual content used is also very effective as in "To
His Coy Mistress", where the syllogism and the tactics of complements
and frightening are used to, what is in my opinion, good effect.
In nature things often occur that parallel our way way of being. In this short excerpt, Annie Dillard portrays the amount of determination and stubbornness in weasels, which is much like our own. At the beginning Ms. Dillard reflects on the characteristics that make a weasel wild. She writes that the weasel “…[kills] more bodies than he can eat warm, and often dragging the carcasses home” (Dillard 1). She then moves on to the weasels instinct,and stubbornness, through an anecdote in which a naturalist found himself with a weasel stuck to his arm with one bite, and try as he might her could not “pry the tiny weasel” (Dillard 1) off his arm. The only way he was able to release himself was to “soak him[the weasel] off like a stubborn label”(Dillard
you told me all?' A modern way to express this is 'But have you told
“Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek to find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.”
The time and way people are brought up in society makes a huge difference on how they will climb up the social scale in life. In the classic novel House of Mirth, by Edith Wharton and Call it Sleep, by Henry Roth the main characters experience totally different upbringings into society. While Lily Bart is brought up into a high class society, David is born into an immigrant family in a part of the city, which has similar people as his own country. The two characters in the novels both have different and some similar views on how to climb up on the social scale. Although they would give different advice to each other on how to climb the social scale, and have different views on life, one thing that would be common would be to have money.
When readers reflect on the poetry of the seventeenth century, poets such as John Donne and the
engaged, heart and soul, in one pursuit” (32). The creature also starts out with kindness, he tells his creator, “Believe
Comparing a traditional murder story with an unconventional one The Speckled Band by Sir Arthur Doyle Lamb To The Slaughter by Roald Dahl The speckled band is written in a very genre, this genre is murder mystery. The speckled band was one of the first in a long line of fantastic short stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. In my essay I will be looking closely at the events and their layout in the story very closely. I will also be explaining why certain events are expected to happen, and on top of all of this I will explain the characteristics of the characters.
digest any more blood. The flea then becomes so hungry that it bites the human. Now the
and to love their owner. It was explained how a dog defended a bird and mouse in
2011 Two Different Mice and Two Different Men To the average reader, “To a Mouse” by Robert Burns and Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck may initially look very similar, but after carefully critiquing and comparing their abundance of differences, their opinion will change. Steinbeck found his inspiration for writing the novel after reading that poem. His novel is set in Salinas, CA during the 1900s and is about migrant farm workers while the poem is about the guilt felt by one man after he inadvertently ruins the “home” of a field mouse with his plow. Even though they are two different genres of literature, they share a similar intent. The poem is written in first person, while the novel is written in third person.
John Donne's, "The Flea," is a persuasive poem in which the speaker is attempting to establish a sexual union with his significant other. However, based on the woman's rejection, the speaker twists his argument, making that which he requests seem insignificant. John Donne brings out and shapes this meaning through his collaborative use of conceit, rhythm, and rhyme scheme. In the beginning, Donne uses the flea as a conceit, to represent a sexual union with his significant other. For instance, in the first stanza a flea bites the speaker and woman. He responds to this incident by saying, "And in this flea our bloods mingled be."
"The Lady with the Dog" by Anton Chekhov was a marvelous story that expresses that love can come out of nowhere. The mood of the story in the beginning was simply just a man casually looking for an affair, and he would prey on women who are just traveling out of their city’s passing by on the streets of Yalta. The mood changes from the beginning from Dmitri, the main male character, just wanting a random hook up, to him falling madly in love with this lady that came to his city with her dog at the end.
The Flea and To His Coy Mistress are two poems written by poets living during the Renaissance Period. To His Coy Mistress was written by Andrew Marvell and The Flea was written by John Donne. Both of these poets were well-educated 'metaphysical poets', and these poems illustrate metaphysical concerns, highly abstract and theoretical ideas, that the poets would have been interested in. Both poems are based around the same idea of trying to reason with a 'mistress' as to why they should give up their virginity to the poet.
suffered her entire life and what she did; she did for love of one man
The two poems The Flea and The Sunne Rising capture John Donne’s primary motive to get in bed with women. Donne wrote these poems at an early age, and at that time he was seeking nothing more than a sexual relationship. His poetry depicted clearly how sexist he was at the time and how he used to perceive women as a medium of pleasure. The content of his early poems express an immature and desperate image of Donne, who is dominated by his fixation on the sensuality of women. In The Flea, Donne shows his desperation to have sex by addressing a flea that has sucked the blood of both him and the woman he is persuading. It is quite awkward how the poet uses this obscure image of the flea as a symbol of love and sex to convince the woman that...