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14 Cards in this Set
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Structure |
Iambic tectrameter then iambic pentameter (2 forms for 2 people) AABBCCDDD (couplets for a couple) Logical argument progression |
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Small request |
"mark but this flea" "Little"
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Both together in the flea |
"it sucked me first , and now sucks thee" "our bloods mingled be." |
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There bloods already together in the flea so she isn't losing her virginity |
"a sin,nor loss of maidenhead" ( shes exempt from the rules of religion) |
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Fleas getting fat with their blood like a luxury |
"pampered swells with one blood made two" |
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Persona is jealous of the flea |
"and this, alas is more than we would do" |
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the flea is their marriage |
"three lives in one flea spare" "yea more than married are" |
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marriage is religious and they are already married |
"our marriage bed,and marriage temple" (slow pace to make the woman chance to think) |
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The flea is the embodiment of the church |
"and cloistered(part of church) in these living walls of jet" |
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Religious imagery |
"sacrilege(against religion), three sins in killing three"(the three bloods is like the holy trinity. Going against Gods will) |
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Religious imagery third stanza |
"Purpled(colour of mourning) thy nail in blood of innocence?" (Jesus) |
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The fleas only guilty of a little bit of blood |
"flea guilty be" "drop" (saying what he is asking is only small) |
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assumes she'll yield |
"when thou yield'st to me" |
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She is worried about her reputation as she is concerned about honour and chastity (context) |
"will waste as this flea's death took like from thee" |
