The Canonization"
The poet demands that some complainer leave him alone to love. The complainer should turn his attention elsewhere, and nobody is hurt by the love. They are not sinking ships or causing floods, delaying spring or causing others to die, or supporting wars or lawsuits. The poet and his lover take their own chances together; they are unified in their love. They are like candles that will burn out on their own, yet they have been reborn together in fire like the fabled Phoenix. On the other hand, their love is a beautiful example for the world that will be immortalized, canonized, a pattern for all other love in the world.
“The Flea”
Although he thinks she shouldn't be so worried about the shame of sex, the speaker of "The Flea" lays one heck of a guilt trip on his would-be lover. He stops only a few steps short of, "This is my right as a husband!" (Though he's not, of course, her husband.) As part of his game of seduction, he tries to make her think twice about killing the flea, saying it would be a great crime. But she (smart woman!) doesn't take the bait. She smacks that flea down and, with it, the speaker's arguments. She seems much more worried about the guilt that would be laid upon her by society if she were to give in to him too easily.
The Canonization"The poet demands that some complainer leave him alone to love. The complainer should turn his attention elsewhere, and nobody is hurt by the love. They are not sinking ships or causing floods, delaying spring or causing others to die, or supporting wars or lawsuits. The poet and his lover take their own chances together; they are unified in their love. They are like candles that will burn out on their own, yet they have been reborn together in fire like the fabled Phoenix. On the other hand, their love is a beautiful example for the world that will be immortalized, canonized, a pattern for all other love in the world.“The Flea”Although he thinks she shouldn't be so worried about the shame of sex, the speaker of "The Flea" lays one heck of a guilt trip on his would-be lover. He stops only a few steps short of, "This is my right as a husband!" (Though he's not, of course, her husband.) As part of his game of seduction, he tries to make her think twice about killing the flea, saying it would be a great crime. But she (smart woman!) doesn't take the bait. She smacks that flea down and, with it, the speaker's arguments. She seems much more worried about the guilt that would be laid upon her by society if she were to give in to him too easily.
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