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< The Flea > by John Donne is a very interesting poem, which is also famous for its use of metaphysical deceit. It compares the mingling of blood sucked by a flea to sex between a man and a woman. It appeals the readers with its dark comedy, its absurd metaphor.
The narrator starts off by talking how a flea sucked the blood of the narrator and the blood of another woman. He starts to imply the significance of this event, emphasizing on how ��our two bloods mingled�� and how it becomes ��one blood made of two.�� The narrator seems to be enjoying himself, as he talks about the odd affinity between the narrator and the woman.
The narrator then talks in the next stanza more openly about their connection. He calls the flea their ��marriage bed and marriage temple.�� He says that they are married, eagerly gloating that now that their blood is one within the flea. And also, now that their blood is one, she can not run away for they will always be together (within the flea).
The final stanza asks the woman to just accept her fate and accept the narrator as well. Though she states that she has not become any weaker, the narrator says that though it is true, they will still be mingled together because of the flea.
What makes this poem really fascinating is its bizarre comparison of love, marriage, and sex with a flea. Though at first it may not make any sense, Donne makes a quite clear connection with the blood sucking flea to sex and marriage.
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