The Flea Sex Quotes Page 1
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| Quote #1 How little that which thou deniest me is; (line 2) |
For an unmarried woman in the seventeenth century sex was a big deal. The speaker's goal throughout the poem is to make this big deal seem as tiny as a flea.
| Quote #2 It suck'd me first, and now sucks thee, |
The mixing of the two bloods inside the flea is seen as being equal to the sex act. We also get the feeling that the speaker is trying to turn the woman on with this image.
| Quote #3 Yet this enjoys before it woo, |
Like a child stamping his feet, the speaker is like, "But the flea gets to taste your flesh without having to woo you! Not fair!" The poem itself is the act of wooing. Also, notice that he never speaks directly about sex, as if that might scare her off. Instead, he uses vague language like doing "more."
