| Front | John Donne The Flea Explore: 'Thou know'st that this cannot be said A sin, nor shame, nor loss of maidenhead' x3 |
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| Back | •Sibilance throughout poem continues 'know'st...said../sin...shame...loss' •Multiple caesuras •Maidenhead => hymen/virginity - quite explicit and forward for the time? Doesn't make logical sense if pursue sex that the hymen wouldn't be broken? |
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