Explore the various arguments used by John Donne to achieve his aim. In what ways does the language and style of the poem make the arguments persuasive and effective?
Explore the various arguments used by John Donne to achieve his aim.
In what ways does the language and style of the poem make the
arguments persuasive and effective?
Graham Ross
19/02/2004
Donne’s main aim in the poem is to persuade his lover to go to bed with him, to do this he uses various techniques and arguments throughout the poem to tempt her into doing so.
We see Donne trying to lure his partner into sleeping with him,
“And in this flea, our two bloods mingled bee”
By use of this conceit he suggests that as their bloods have already been mixed by the flea, they have been joined. This implies that when the blood mixes it is the same result as if they had had sex nevertheless as their bloods would have united. This is a very weak argument on behalf of Donne as the blood does not actually pass from one person to another during sexual intercourse; it is only bodily fluids. We can see that in “The Sunne Rising” that Donne suggests ideas that are unrealistic.