The Flea By John Donne

In the poem ”The Flea” by John Donne, the speaker swings between the fantasy and reality. The speaker who left himself down find strength in fantasy, and satisfies and imagination. However, when he comes bake to reality, he is mad at himself for this daydream. There are 4 shifts in poem. First, the shift is after line 4. At the beginning, the speaker is in reality, so speaker’s mood is normal. Then, based on “A sin, nor shame, nor loss of maidenhead” (6), the mood of the speaker changes into guilty. The speaker immerses himself in the fantasy: having sex with that lady. It is the shame at the time, so the speaker turns to be a little bit guilty. Secondly, the shift is between line 8 and line 9, speaker comes back to reality. The attitudes