Isabel Morgan
The Flea
Paragraph on Metaphysical poetry
The Flea by John Donne is an example of a metaphysical poem. The flea uses a metaphysical conceit
between a flea and the complexities of a young romance to explain the narrator’s arguments for a
young woman to forfeit her chastity. By giving the flea a double meaning it allows the poem to be
simple yet complex, as John Donne’s use of the conceit is extremely clever.
The Flea
Paragraph on Metaphysical poetry
The Flea by John Donne is an example of a metaphysical poem. The flea uses a metaphysical conceit
between a flea and the complexities of a young romance to explain the narrator’s arguments for a
young woman to forfeit her chastity. By giving the flea a double meaning it allows the poem to be
simple yet complex, as John Donne’s use of the conceit is extremely clever.
