Theflea全诗赏析.docx

1、Theflea全诗赏析The flea 译文跳蚤注意观察这只跳蚤，就会看到你对我的拒绝显得多么渺小；它首先吮吸我的血液，然后轮到你，于是我们的血液在它的体内融为一体。你知道，这根本谈不上是一种罪孽，也不是羞耻或是失去少女的贞洁。然而它没有求婚就尽情享受,身体膨胀，对合而为一的血液过于迁就，这一点啊，比我们的行为更胜一筹。哦，停手，别伤害一只跳蚤中的三条性命，我们在它体内几乎享受着比婚后更多的温情。这只跳蚤就是你和我的共同形象，这是我们的婚床和婚礼的殿堂；尽管父母反对，你也不愿，我们依然相融，并且隐居在黑玉色的活生生的墙壁之中。 尽管出于习惯你具有将我谋杀的用心， 可也不要再增添自杀和亵渎神灵

2、以及谋杀三条性命的三种罪行。既然用无辜的血液将你的指甲染红，这是一种多么残忍的出人意料的行动？这只跳蚤究竟犯了什么样的罪孽，无非是从你的身上吮吸了一滴血液？而且你也以胜利者的口吻说过你发现你我现在都没有变得更弱。的确如此，那么，惧怕就显得毫无必要， 屈从于我，你的名誉也不会损失丝毫。 否则就虚度年华，如跳蚤之死也将你生命消耗。主要内容“The Flea” is a poem about class distinction, marriage and struggle between religion conception and physical needs.Poetic Devices Di

3、rect address: Marke but this flea. Repetition: And marke in this Conceits: Flea Church Flea Movement Within the Poem First stanza: Contemplative and whimsical Second stanza: Becomes more absurd, pace gets faster Third stanza: Slowing and reversal of argument. Not a good idea to write down, but inter

4、esting to note that the pace of the poem follows that of sex - a gradual build-up of intensity leading to the sudden, climactic. death of a flea. Imagery Much religious imagery: Confesse itone blood made of two - implies sex and/or pregnancy (ie, mother and child are the two)three lives in one flea

5、- holy trinitycloysterdsacrilege, three sinnes in killing three - more holy trinity imageryblood of innocence Generally Circular argument. The flea starts and ends as nothing. Hijacking of marriage ceremony. The Anglican marriage ceremony includes the lines Man shall be joined unto his wife and they

6、 two shall be one flesh.Compare with one blood made of two, This flea is you and I.,etc. Argument gains confidence throughout the stanzas, and is then abruptly turned around. Note the role of the female in this poem - her objections are never noted, just reacted to, and she makes the most powerful s

7、tatement in the poem, yet it is a non-verbal statement (her crushing of the flea) There is a lot of hyperbole in this poem, a technique that Donne often uses to make a point. One blood made of two. - in Donnes time, the sex act was though to be a mingling of the bloods - so the line is both lewd and

8、 playful, especially as it is followed by the teasing And this, alas, is more than wee would doe. Purpled thy naile. - purple was a very expensive colour, associated with royalty and romance. Also note that in the first two lines of this stanza Donne is arguing that the death of the flea is more imp

9、ortant than the loss of virginity. Not a good idea to use this in a formal exam, but note Me it suckd first, and now sucks thee - apparently in the 17th century the printed s looked a lot like the printed f: It would be no surprise. that Donne is being deliberately ambivalent here. (2/3U Related Eng

10、lish handout)Analysis Marriage and Class Distinction this is a poem about an unblessed marriage class distinction, the two “blood” mixed together (stanza one, line46) used the flea as a metaphor of connection of their (fragile) marriage (stanza two, line 34) deeply related to religious concepts. Ex.

11、 When he talks about his wife, that if she kills the flea, that she would be commit three crimes of marriage. flea as the metaphor of a fragile marriage. Because it would be easily destroyed. THE change of mind: after his wife squeezed the flea, he thinks that there is no loss for her to marry him (

12、stanza 3.) Religion and Sex The poem that reflects the change of era- the conservative, religious value v.s. the new values that comes with religion. He prefers the blood mingled together as a connection rather than sexual intercourse, which he thinks is a sin中文赏析这是邓恩被收录最多的诗篇之一。诗作以诗人向情人求爱的说话体写成，语气富有

13、调侃，比附出乎通常想象，推理和结论也超乎意料，典型反映了邓恩式的奇想。 诗的语气和结构富有典型的邓恩式戏剧性：第一段中，诗人看见了那只先后叮过两人的跳蚤，便指着它向情人证明两人的鲜血已通过一只先后叮咬了双方的跳蚤融为一体，而血的交融则意味着生命的交融，诗人因此推断，两人的生命已经在事实上结合在一起了；第二段，诗人发现情人正抬手欲向跳蚤打去，便急忙劝阻，说这样一来，被害的就是三条性命（你、我、跳蚤）；第三段时，对方显然已经下手，掐死了跳蚤，所以诗人戏谑地称对方为“残忍”、“用无辜者的鲜血把自己的指甲染得红紫”。这时，对方回答说，虽然“我”的血也在它（跳蚤）体内，可我并没有因为它的死而有半分虚弱，

14、诗人话锋一转，直接切入主题：既然如此，你答应我的求爱对你的名誉也不会有分毫的损失。更有意思的是，这样的结尾，恰好使读者恍然大悟，在诗篇开始之前，诗人正绞尽脑汁想说服情人接受他的求爱呢。 英文赏析The FleaMarke but this flea, and marke in this, Just look at this fleaHow little that which thou denyst me is; Me it suckd first, and now sucks thee, And in this flea our two bloods mingled be; Man shall

15、 be joined unto his wife and they two shall be one flesh; sex as a mingling of the bloodthou knowst that this cannot be said Confesse it, this cannot be said A sinne, or shame, or losse of maidenhead, Yet this enjoyes before it wooe, court a woman; seek the affection And pamperd swells with one bloo

16、d made of two, implies sex and/or pregnancy (ie, mother and child are the two)And this, alas, is more than wee would doe.Oh stay, three lives in one flea spare, Stop and you spare(save) three livesWhen we almost, nay more than maryed are. This flea is you and I, and this Our marriage bed, and marria

17、ge temple is; man and woman shall be one fleshThough parents grudge, and you, ware met, And cloysterd in these living walls of Jet.(seeking refuge in;hidden a covent) Though use make thee apt to kill me, conventionsLet not to this, selfe murder added bee, And sacrilege, three sinnes in killing three

18、. Profanation;be hereticalCruell and sudden violent, has thou since Purpled thy naile, in blood of innocence? purple was a very expensive colour, associated with royalty and romance; virginity; the flea is an offender against her chastitywherein could this flea guilty bee, Except in that drop which

19、it suckt from thee? Yet thou triumphst, and saist that thou Findst not thyself, nor mee the weaker now; Tis true, then learne how false, feares bee; Just so much honor, when thou yeeldst to mee,make concession to me Will wast, as this fleas death tooke life from thee. Just as the fleas death took (s

20、o little life)from thee, so, when you accept my proposal, little honour will waste( be lost or diluted)Overall explanationMy copy of the poem notes that Fleas were a popular subject for jocosehumorous and amatorylove poetry in all countries at the Renaissance. Their popularity stems from an event th

21、at happened in a literary salon (a place where poets and others came to recite poetry and converse). The salon was run by two ladies, and on occasions a flea happened to land upon one ladys breast. The poets were amazed at the creatures audacity, and were inspired to write poetry about the beast. It

22、 soon became fashionable among poets to write poems about fleas. In this poem, the I of the poem is lying in bed with his lover, and trying to get her to give her virginity to him. (It could, of course, quite easily be a FEMALE I trying to seduce a MALE, but I will stick with one for convenience). W

23、hile lying there, he notices a flea, which has obviously bitten them both. Since the 17-century idea was of sex as a mingling of the blood, he realizes that by mixing their bloods together in its body, the flea has done what she didnt dare to do. Then, he argues, since the flea has done it, why shou

24、ldnt they? To back up his argument, he refers to the marriage ceremony, which states that man and woman shall be one flesh. He argues that since they have mingled their bloods and are therefore one blood, they are practically one flesh and are therefore married! Not only does that reinforce his sedu

25、ction argument, but it also provides ammunition for him to defend himself when the female does the next logical thing and moves to kill the flea. Donne argues that by spilling his blood and hers by killing the flea, she is practically committing murder. Not only that, but by breaking the holy bond o

26、f marriage she is committing sacrilege! However, the flea finally is killed, and the poet is forced to change tactics. There, he argues, killing the flea was easy, and as you say it hasnt harmed us - well, yielding to me will be just as easy and painless. This poem borrows a lot of religious imagery

27、, because it helps add an absurd authority to the poem, as Donne tries to argue that what they are about to do is not only supported by God, but to not do it would be heretical.first stanzaIn this stanza we learn the situation. A man is talking to his lover. A flea has bitten him and is now biting h

28、is lover. He says that because their blood has been mixed in the flea it is like that they have already have had sex. (In this time they believed that when people had sex their blood was mixed). Because there is nothing wrong with their blood being mixed in the flea, they might as well have sex as t

29、herefore there would be nothing wrong with that I think this poem is about the speaker used a flea as a bridge that made him and his mistress combine to become one. The listener thouwas his lover, I think he loved her very much and even want to make love with her, but she didnt. In this poem, the fl

30、ea is used to talk the woman into making love withthe speaker. He said that since you might be pregnant anyway, why not go to bed with me? Our bloods mixed together now, and that means we had some kind of relationship. the speaker said thatthe flea sucked him and then sucked his lover. After that, t

31、heir blood inside the flea combinedtogether. In the seventeenth century, people believed that women would be pregnant when their blood mixed with the mens blood during sexual intercourse. So the speaker thought that he and his mistress had already created a baby in the flea because their blood mixed

32、together in it, but they had no sexual intercourse. So they did no wrong and also the woman would not lose her maidenhead. I think thats because the flea was sucking the blood, then its body was getting bigger and bigger, so it swelled. But the speaker fancied that the flea was pregnant (his baby), so it swelled and one blood made of two that is because there was a baby