As the first stanza of "The Flea" begins, the poem's speaker wastes no time in revealing his driving motivation. Instructing his female companion to take note of a flea that's been lunching on the two of them, the speaker impertinently directs her to "mark in this" (1) flea how trifling and insignificant

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John Donne, , speaker stanza, female companion,
Approximate Word count = 451
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)