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Flea Mark John Donne Explore Thou Deny'st X4

Front John Donne The Flea
Explore:
'Mark but this flea, and mark in this,
How little that which thou deny'st me is;' x4
Back
•'mark' imperative - authoritative tone established immediately + stage direction drawing attention to flea sucking on her naked body => eros
•Caesura to pause after 'flea' and acoustically mark it
•Intensifier 'how' in 'how little' persuades of the slightness of the request
•Sibilance 'this...this.../deny'st...is'

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