“The flea” is an erotic metaphysical poem written by John Donne back in 1633. It takes the form of an erotic humorous narrative. Donne’s poise of hinting at the erotic without ever explicitly referring to sex and seduction. The idea of being bitten by a flea represents a “sin” which means you were bitten by a sin. There are a lot of symbolism used in this poem. He uses the term “flea” as a symbol of their togetherness and leads on to their marriage bed. The term “Blood” symbolizes life and Donne is using it to symbolize erotic passion and religious devotion. As his beloved moves to kill the flea, he beggs her to not kill the flea since it means she would be killing this amazing romance between them. Her on the other hand wants to kill the flea and doesn’t want to have sex with him. He is asking her to spare the three lives in the flea: his life, her life, and the fleas life. By that he wants this romance to continue even though their parents has a resentment towards their romance. The protagonist ends up killing this flea and the romance ends since she did not want to have sex with him.
You can say that nowadays there are people who want to have sex with another person instead of actually getting to know them and then falling in love with one another. It seems like sex is way more important then getting to know the person. What I mean by “getting to know the person” is that this factor is extremely important in peoples life rather than having sex with them . People should stop the rush to getting into bed and actually enjoy life. Taking one step at a time with this other human being in which you got the privileged to meet while dating. Have morals and beliefs that everyone comes to your life for a purpose rather than just meeting them for few dates. Life passes fast and it shouldn’t be a sensation of having a “flea” or making a sin.
The Flea (poem). (2020, June 05). Retrieved July 14, 2020, from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Flea_(poem)
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