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The Flea - Coggle Diagram
The Flea
Language
Male power
'mark but this flea, and mark in this' - repetition of imperative
'me it sucks first, and now sucks thee' - positioning on line
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Sexual innuendos
'sucked' and 'swells' - phallic, erotic language
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religious imagery
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'our marriage bed, and marriage temple' - religious flattery
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Context
Jacobean belief blood intermingled during intercourse - fleas were often the subject of bawdy sexual jokes
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Themes and comparisons
eros (erotic) love: Elegy, Love III, Eddy, Coy Mistress, Excellent Lucasia
religious relationships: Batter My Heart, Hymn to God, Collar
Misogyny: Go and Catch a Falling Star, Woman's Constancy, To a Lady that Desired, Apparition