John Donne's "The Flea"
Feb 13, 2024•8 min
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Episode description
Today’s poem comes from a young John Donne. Long before he became a serious clergyman writing Holy Sonnets for God, he was a young rake writing saucy sophistries like this one for the ladies.
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