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Marvel assures his mistress that he loves her and will love her unconditionally afterwards, unlike Donne. Although Marvel is repeating the word ‘now’, he also ensures her that he is going to slow down and love her entirely. In doing this, he is capturing her attention because originally she wants to save her virginity for him, but by rushing in, it guarantees that he will take things slow and love her unconditionally. Donne, however fails to do this in “The Flea”. Throughout Donne’s poem he continually changes his mind. In the first stanza he is explaining that due to the flea having taken both of their blood they are intertwined, which explains that it is okay to lose her virginity. The second stanza, however, he states that the flea is important,
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