Question

John Donne The FleaUse of line length x2

Accepted Answer

•The longer lines battle with the abridged lines imitating the battle for control between the speaker and listener. •Although the first line opens with an abruptly trochaic, imperative clause ‘Mark but this flea’ and also ‘Cruel’ at the start of the third stanza is a trochaic clause as he accuses her of murder.

Front	John Donne The Flea Use of line length x2
Back	•The longer lines battle with the abridged lines imitating the battle for control between the speaker and listener. •Although the first line opens with an abruptly trochaic, imperative clause ‘Mark but this flea’ and also ‘Cruel’ at the start of the third stanza is a trochaic clause as he accuses her of murder.

Line Battle Clause John Donne Flea Length X2