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The Flea - John DonneExplore the poet's history

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• Donne – eloped with the underage daughter of his employer; despite a court ruling they were legally married he was temporarily imprisoned and when released his poetry career suffered. Donne became a clergyman. • The Flea was first published posthumously in 1633 but probably written in 1610 (Shakespeare’s Sonnet 116 was published in 1609)

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Back	• Donne – eloped with the underage daughter of his employer; despite a court ruling they were legally married he was temporarily imprisoned and when released his poetry career suffered. Donne became a clergyman. • The Flea was first published posthumously in 1633 but probably written in 1610 (Shakespeare’s Sonnet 116 was published in 1609)

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