The flea
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注意观察这只跳蚤，就会看到
你对我的拒绝显得多么渺小;
它首先吮吸我的血液，然后轮到你，
于是我们的血液在它的体内融为一体。
你知道,这根本谈不上是一种罪孽,
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也不是羞耻或是失去少女的贞洁.
然而它没有求婚就尽情享受，
身体膨胀，对合而为一的血液过于迁就，
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bold这一点啊，比我们的行为更胜一筹。
哦，停手，别伤害一只跳蚤中的三条性命,
我们在它体内几乎享受着比婚后更多的温情。
这只跳蚤就是你和我的共同形象，
这是我们的婚床和婚礼的殿堂;
尽管父母反对，你也不愿，我们依然相融，
并且隐居在黑玉色的活生生的墙壁之中。
尽管出于习惯你具有将我谋杀的用心，
可也不要再增添自杀和亵渎神灵
以及谋杀三条性命的三种罪行。
既然用无辜的血液将你的指甲染红，
这是一种多么残忍的出人意料的行动？
这只跳蚤究竟犯了什么样的罪孽，
无非是从你的身上吮吸了一滴血液？
而且你也以胜利者的口吻说过
light beer你发现你我现在都没有变得更弱。
的确如此,那么，惧怕就显得毫无必要,
屈从于我,你的名誉也不会损失丝毫。
否则就虚度年华，如跳蚤之死也将你生命消耗。
主要内容“The Flea” is a poem about class distinction, marriage and struggle between religion conception and physical needs。
Poetic Devices
• Direct address： Marke but
• Repetition： And marke in this
• Conceits: Flea > Church > Flea
Movement Within the Poem
• First stanza： Contemplative and whimsical
• Second stanza: Becomes more absurd， pace gets faster
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• Third stanza： Slowing and reversal of argument.
• Not a good idea to write down, but interesting to note that the pace of the poem follows that of x — a gradual build-up of intensity leading to the sudden, death of a flea.
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• Much religious imagery：
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one blood made of two - implies x and/or pregnancy （ie， mother and child are the "two”)
three lives in one flea - holy trinity
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sacrilege, three sinnes in killing three — more holy trinity imagery
blood of innocence
Generally
• Circular argument。 The flea starts and ends as nothing。
• Hijacking of marriage ceremony. The Anglican marriage ceremony includes the lines
Man shall be joined unto his wife and they two shall be one flesh.
Compare with one blood made of two， This flea is you and I.。.,etc。
• Argument gains confidence throughout the stanzas, and is then abruptly turned around。
• Note the role of the female in this poem — her objections are never noted， just reacted to, and she makes the most powerful statement in the poem, yet it is a non—verbal statement （her crushing of the flea）
• There is a lot of hyperbole in this poem, a technique that Donne often us to make a point.
• One blood made of two。.. - in Donne’s time， the x act was though to be a ”mingling of the bloods" - so the line is both lewd and playful， especially as it is followed by the teasing And this， alas， is more than wee would doe. 我很好英语
• Purpled thy naile。。。 — purple was a very expensive colour, associated with royalty and romance。 Also note that in the first two lines of this stanza Donne is arguing that the death of the flea is more important than the loss of virginity.
• Not a good idea to u this in a formal exam， but note Me it suck'd first， and now sucks thee - apparently in the 17th century the printed ”s” looked a lot like the printed ”f": ”It would be no surpri..。 that Donne is being deliberately ambivalent here.” （2/3U Related English handout）
Analysis
Marriage and Class Distinction
⏹this is a poem about an unblesd marriage
⏹class distinction, the two “blood” mixed together （stanza one, line4~6）zara英文怎么读
⏹ud the flea as a metaphor of connection of their (fragile） marriage (stanza two， line 3～4)
⏹deeply related to religious concepts。 Ex。 When he talks about his wife， that if she kills the flea， that she would be commit three crimes of marriage.
