| Front | John Donne The Flea Explore: 'It sucked me first, and now sucks thee And in this flea, our two bloods mingled be;' x2 |
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| Back | •Sexual connotations of 'sucked' reiterated (word for when meaning of word repeated in different form) •flea bites both man and woman => seductive game & idea of chasing •'blood' mentonym (=>figure of speech) for the essence of life + religious blood of Christ |
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