The Flea by John Donne

[cinammondream]

wicked!

[WanderingWarg]

Not bad, but I think you could learn from the theatricality of my version. Give it some more oomph! ;)

[elenapainabaneighna]

so persuasive! I could have fallen for that... Nawwww..... I had my shit on lock! Hahahah..... Awesome poem, especially considering the it was the early 1600's!

[DreamOfSunrise]

redrafted! =)

Version 1 got a C.... I'm still waiting for Version 2 to come back.. How did you know what it was about? ... weird sexy poem . but then fleas don't turn me on really.

[hamishthejim]

PS, redraft your coursework!

[boneair69]

Lol its about sex and the chicks virginity.Lol ur fucked

[DreamOfSunrise]

WTF, jbulandres!!!? taking the woman's virginity? Em... it's just a flea bite, isn't it? If it isn't, I need to re- write my whole coursework english essay!!!

[hamishthejim]

The whole poem is about him trying to convince a girl to sleep with him. The speaker is comparing the girl's loss of virginity to the insignificance of the flea, and implies that the flea sucking the girl's blood is actually a lot more serious (however insignificant still) and almost intimate than if they were to have sex. Look out for the sexual connotations, puns and references! By the end of the poem, she kills the flea and he doesn't get laid. Gutted.

[theskimlife]

@hamishthejim I still think he got laid, but im an optimist

[thecatreturns11]

@DreamOfSunrise yeah, you do. unless your being sarcastic, which i hope you are. did google not occur to you? just type in john donne flea and loads of interpretations come up.

[DreamOfSunrise]

@thecatreturns11 it's okay :) i aced it... eventually. and hello A levels!!!

[DreamOfSunrise]

@thecatreturns11 Haha. i know :) I aced it.. eventually! and hello A levels

[DreamOfSunrise]

@thecatreturns11 Haha. i know :) I aced it.. eventually! and hello A level stress.

[stephdook]

wierd.

[jbulandres]

I love the ending to this poem.. Since killing the flea left them none the weaker, then taking the woman's virginity would not make her less virtuous. lol what a playa

[Richardtheincredible]

that wasn't an animation.

[tree5821]

lol cute!

[shelovesuyeayeayea]

why does the flea have no legs?

foolish american

[yellowfale]

Not a lame poem but a lame slideshow, probably the lamest ever. On the scale of lame it rates quite high. If there isn't a lame scale there should be one to express the lameness of what I just saw. Pussy American accents piss me off.

[Intangible88]

Do better yourself then!

[buckdabull]

Okay, we may have "pussy" accents, but at least we have straight teeth.

[CrackPie25]

I think you're confusing Australians with English. Doubly painful because you couldn't even get your crass stereotypical generalisation to apply to the correct nationality. It pains me to be negative, but two wrongs totally make a right. Focus on the poem? It's pretty freakin' awesome. And the vids vid's quite cool too.

[hamishthejim]

Hahahahaha NO.

[lwc1132]

Love it!

[blunklaura]

love the poem

[Cbrooks2683]

I love this poem, John Donne was amazing.

[jayisok1988]

Hello friend

Although many critise this poetic art, i feel it has meaning to context and was asked by my english teacher to read this, i go to a private catholic college in australia and hope to see more work from where ever you are

[MorwenOfGilead]

It's not so bad. Everybody has the right to his/her own interpretation.

[repinsnug]

lame

[M0rb30uS]

OHHHH he just burnt yo ass!!!!!!!!!

[PrincessNavu]

LMFAO! hahahaaa.