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Donne Poetry Religious John Sex Compare Time X3

Front How did John Donne see sex?
How does this compare with poetry at the time? x3
(John Donne The Flea)
Back •He saw sex as a religious experience whereby the ectsasy felt is a means of attaining religious and spiritual fulfillment. This is why the poem isn't blasphemous, as it appears on the surface. 
•Links to theme of sensual love, loss of innocence and rel. with God
•This is conventional of a metaphysical poet - moving away from Elizabethan poetry of idealised love + abandons petrarcham purpose of flattery. He replaces empty adoration with intimacy.

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