The speaker of this poem is "cloistered in these living walls of jet" where "parents grudge" and "use makes you apt to kill me." The speaker asks if the listener has "purpled thy nail, in blood of innocence" and is then confused when he "findst not thyself, nor me, the weaker now."  This poem mentions "A sin, nor shame, nor loss of maidenhead," and the title figure was said to "take life from thee." The title figure is compared to "a marriage bed and marriage temple," and that figure "sucked me first, and now sucks thee" so that "two bloods mingled be." For 10 points, name this John Donne poem about a blood-sucking bu
The speaker of this poem is "cloistered in these living walls of jet" where "parents grudge" and "use makes you apt to kill me." The speaker asks if the listener has "purpled thy nail, in blood of innocence" and is then confused when he "findst not thyself, nor me, the weaker now."  This poem mentions "A sin, nor shame, nor loss of maidenhead," and the title figure was said to "take life from thee." The title figure is compared to "a marriage bed and marriage temple," and that figure "sucked me first, and now sucks thee" so that "two bloods mingled be." For 10 points, name this John Donne poem about a blood-sucking bug.
The speaker of this poem is "cloistered in these living walls of jet" where "parents grudge" and "use makes you apt to kill me."
"The Flea"