Background

Question 1

Who wrote the The flea?

Answer 1

John Donne

Question 2

What is the flea about?

Answer 2

The Flea is about a speaker using a flea as a metaphor to persuade a woman to have sex with him, arguing that their shared blood in the flea makes them already connected and that there is no reason to resist.

Question 3

What literary period was the flea written in?

Answer 3

The metaphysical period

Question 4

What was the metaphysical period?

Answer 4

-The metaphysical period, mainly in the 17th century, refers to a style of poetry characterized by complex ideas, witty and intellectual wordplay, and the use of extended metaphors (known as “conceits”).
-they wrote in reaction to idealised love presented in the renaissance period

Question 5

What period was the metaphysical period?

Answer 5

1600-1670