Flea

Donne’s poem “The Flea” follows a man as he desperately tries to convince a woman to lay with him outside of wedlock. The speaker’s main tool in his argument is this small flea that he holds in his hand that has sucked the blood from him as well as the woman. He uses the flea as a metaphor for their coupling, flipping between its significance and insignificance as it fits his needs. However, the woman, who never speaks a word, denies his request and kills the flea, revealing herself to be the most significant player within the dynamic. Donne’s “unconventional analogy, [as well as his] extensive exploration of the subject to serve as a logical argument, and [his] playful intellectual tone gives [the poem] fresh, even revolutionary qualities…

The activity is pedagogically appropriate for the developmental stage and children. The picture book "Mr McGee and biting flea" from Pamela Allen is suggested text by Board of Studies NSW (2012) for Stage One class, which matches with the stage of the class. The lesson plans reflect on the select outcome, content and objective from the NSW K-10 English curriculum documents. Multiple methods of learning are involved in the lesson, such as showing diagram (visual), acting game (kinaesthetic), and…

(Zambezi district) in Zambezi plain (Fig 1, Table 2). 3.1. Eastern zone 3.1.1. Luangwa and Lundazi outbreaks According to available information, the first reported plague outbreak in Zambia (then Northern Rhodesia) was recorded in this area in 1917, and it involved 96 cases and 93 deaths (Case Fatality (CF) =96.8%). The outbreak occurred at Tembwe virizi village (11o20 'S, 32o57 'E) in the North of the Luangwa valley in Chama district (Fig 1). This was followed by another outbreak in 1918,…

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Black Death There were not enough living to bury the dead, and those rodents that were alive were the same who roamed the streets, carrying the fleas that had the disease. In Western Europe around 1339, Europe’s population had began to outgrow the food supply, and a major economic crisis had started to take place. It was very cold during the winter, and very dry during the summer, and due to the weather circumstances there was very low food supplies, lacking production of crops, and the crops…

While this past month has not been easy for me to keep up with my personal niyamas, it has definitely allowed me to gain a deeper insight into myself and learn some new things along the way. My first niyama I chose to focus on was purity. While everyone can always strive to eat better of exercise more, I wanted to do something personal and something I have been effected by for a long time. I have been biting my nails for longer than I can remember, and I know my nails are too short. I am…

Mealworms are common insects. Mealworms infest stored products. The mealworm/darkling beetle’s scientific name is Tenebrio molitor. As larvae, mealworms are long and cylindrical, with hard light-brown bodies. Mealworms grow to become darkling beetles with a 2-3 centimeter long black body. The larvae, the only point in the insect’s life when the insects are called mealworms, become fully grown into beetles in close to 3 months. The mealworm/darkling beetle’s life cycle is as follows. The insect…

In “The Flea,” John Donne uses a metaphysical conceit through the imagery of a flea to portray sexual desires and romance. In the very first line of the poem, the speaker brings up the flea by telling the woman to “Mark but this flea,” which makes it sound like he wants the woman to only pay attention to the flea and nothing else (line 1). In the third line, the imagery the flea is further expanded upon when the speaker begins making the flea sound like a sexual object, such as when he says, “It…

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Literary Style and Form in John Donne’s ‘The Flea’ ‘The Flea’ is a satirical love poem by medieval poet John Donne. In the poem, the speaker uses the flea as an example in attempts to persuade his lover into having intercourse with him. While the poem is humorous and satirical in nature, the poem is also one that is both erotic and uses some important literary devices and reflects upon the experience of love and romance in medieval Europe. The speaker in his attempts to persuade his lover to…