The rhyme scheme is unusual: ababccc The first four lines of each stanza working together in alternate pairs, the last three lines being a conclusion or affirmation.

This line reinforces the sense of childish existence the two had to go through.

The speaker is implying that they were infants before they loved.

in all honesty or truth

An archaic word for "good morning"

The poem is about a man trying to get a woman to have sex with him. The flea is a sexual metaphor. Kind of erotic!

Even if parents grudge, and you, here we are, Sheltered in the living body of the flea.

The flea, its one act of guilt, To suck a drop of blood from you?

Alliteration

Alliteration

Alliteration

Also a hyperbole

Hyperbole

More than we can manage, regrettably.

regrettably

to know

to deny

implies virginity

Really, it's no great matter, yet you deny me;

Pay attention to

The second stanza develops the argument by introducing religious and theological imagery and language.

In the first stanza the speaker uses mostly plain, positive language to highlight the flea's actions.

This book was very interesting. Well it wasn't really a book, just a collection of poems and passages by a single author. Most of these passages are about love, death, or god. Which it seems like most things are either about love or death. If you look at any song, it is probably about love or death. Maybe it is because we can all relate to the feeling. The fear of death, or the loving of another. The final passages seemed like it was god talking to the reader what was currently happening. God was saying that he was going to come back the next day and go after the Jews. Maybe it is about the crucifixion.

This seems like they are trying to spread the catholic religion. By saying that we are all part of one continent, it is implying that you have to interact with others. In this situation, interact with the church.

Wait! is this Jesus talking?!

It sounds like they are talking about a knife. A knife gives the ability to a couple to have their souls meet at the grave.

Ah, so he is saying he will be happier if he is with her. Most of the time if you are happier, you tend to take better care of yourself. Or he is saying that because he is staying with men, he will get a beer belly. just like fat Thor.

Idolatry - excessive or blind adoration, reverence, devotion, etc.

Sinewy - of or like sinews; tough, firm, braided, or resilient:

Do they mean a wreath of flowers?

Aww man, this is a beautiful metaphor of the sun setting.

Yep, love is just a chemical reaction in our brain that make's us believe we are meant for another person.

Fraught - Archaic. filled or laden

My reflection: I see a pattern in these sonnets. It's a bunch of small sonnets telling a bigger story. Am I correct? falling in love, dying, giving birth, etc. I enjoyed several of these sonnets, especially because they were short and easy to understand.

An object surviving from an earlier time.

prisoners being executed?

an overwhelming feeling of the great happiness or joyful excitement.

Sublunary means belonging to this world as contrasted with a better or more spiritual one.

This reminds me of the saying " there's plenty of fish in the sea".

Is this a break up that made him upset?

Is this like part two of the previous "Song"?

Doesn't have a preference of who he will love. He is not picky.

I looked up what this means and it says that it is used as a title or form of address to members of the clergy. Is this true? It's a little confusing.

It is a archaic term for apprentice.

Chide means to scold or rebuke.

Is it called song because it is supposed to be a song? or has a rhythm like a song?

I am picturing the seven dwarfs here for some reason..

Because the flea sucked his blood first and then hers and so now it is three in one?

I notice the rhythm he used quickly. is it AA BB CC?

John Donne (1572–1631)was an English poet and cleric in the Church of England. He is considered the pre-eminent representative of the metaphysical poets. His works are noted for their strong, sensual style and include sonnets, love poems, religious poems, Latin translations, epigrams, elegies, songs, satires and sermons. His poetry is noted for its vibrancy of language and inventiveness of metaphor, especially compared to that of his contemporaries. Donne's style is characterised by abrupt openings and various paradoxes, ironies and dislocations.

Plaguy - such as to plague, torment, or annoy; vexatious:

This sounds like group sex or a poor family.

Deride - to laugh at in scorn or contempt; scoff or jeer at; mock.

This reminds me of the sorcerer's stone.

Loathes - to feel disgust or intense aversion for; abhor:

My interpretation of this poem is a father talking to a son to go on on a ten thousand day and night journey. If on the journey, he finds a women, let the father know.And when you write the letter, I will not be able to come. You might have two or three children.

like a pedant: a person who is excessively concerned with minor details and rules or with displaying academic learning.

https://www.google.com/search?ei=my0pXYr7BLqO9PwPhK-kkAQ&q=pedant&oq=pedant&gs_l=psy-ab.3..35i39j0l9.32946.33041..33472...0.0..0.84.152.2......0....1..gws-wiz.......0i71.z4oUaWAlNVc

To paraphrase: if you see good in a woman and chose to lover her, you are both brave and probably a fool. Good luck!

to make or become less active, vigorous, intense, etc.

According to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Sleepers

"the Seven Sleepers is the story of a group of youths who hid inside a cave outside the city of Ephesus around 250 AD to escape a religious persecution and emerged some 300 years later."

To me I think they are saying that the two were metaphorically with the seven sleepers until they found each other. They were asleep the whole time, to be awakened to find each other.

to paraphrase: if you find a good and honest woman, let me know. But, by the time you tell me, she will be untrue.

The author obviously does not have a high opinion of women. I am curious if he was wronged in his personal life.

That is a beautiful way of saying "to go grey."

Troth (by my troth) - faithfulness, fidelity, or loyalty:

My reflection; I do think some of the wording was confusing. I could guess the words out because they are written very similar and if you google them it shows a different word. I like how it brought a lot of Bible recognition. I also liked how it supported women but also didn't make them seem like a Godly figure, because there is only one God. I like this story way better than the previous evil one.

Means to give or grant (something) to (someone) in a gracious or condescending manner.

the woman is very important to him.

It means bad words right? or to talk badly about someone?

"Who runs the world? Girls do!" Men forget that girls are the reason life starts?

Different way of spelling have.

What does this mean?

Is this power? I feel like most of these words are written backwards.

Heauy is heavy? A heavy burden light?

Britain's queen? So this story is about Queen Elizabeth?

Here Aemilia is saying that the queen has more knowledge than her, however I think Aemilia is lacking confidence and needs approval more than she needs knowledge.

Another reference of stars/ the sky.

This is a very high honor to give the queen, considering the queen hasn't read this poem and may not know of Aemilia.

This whole time she's been very fond of the queen. I like how she's praising the queens character and not her appearance, I think that's a benefit of a women to women story.

Here it seems like she is equating the queen as someone who is a piece of heaven herself.

God decided and controlled who became king and queen.

I wonder is she's so fond of her because she is the queen, or because the queen is actually a very good leader who deserves praise.

There is so much Greek mythology to this story, which is surprising in this christian era of time.

Since she is saying that she isn't worthy of the queen's, I feel that she might gloss over any of the queen's errors.

I love that this is a women writing about a women, because it seems much more accurate than a man writing his beliefs about the queen.

I enjoyed the rhyme scheme throughout this read and appreciated how detailed she was in describing the emotions of the characters which helped me better understand what was going on and the message she was trying to get across.

AABB rhyme scheme

I'm confused? Did his mom want to arrange for them to be together and now she has fallen in love?

He's sad because his Limena was murdered

So there is a guy just laying down in the dark as miserable as she is. A random guy and instead of thinking maybe I should't be here she instead goes up to him in the dark with only the little bit of light from a candle?? nope count me out haha

This sonnet is very gloomy and so far is so fixed on her sadness alone giving us description and imagery of what she is feeling and experiencing at the moment. I like this line and how she compares her life as wasting away as the light.

a short period of rest or relief from something difficult or unpleasant

express great regret, disappointment, or bitterness over something

moving or compelling someone forward

Faustus has not done much with his power besides just asking questions that Mephist hardly provides answers for. It's sad that he really gave up his whole soul to have all these years wasted. And it is sad that he only comes to realize that it was a waste at the very end of his time.

Mephist yields evasive responses to the questions that Faustus asks. He seems to fluff up basic answers. Like his first response was just "Under the heavens" but this second response is the same exact thing but fluffed up. I wonder if Mephist does this so that he does not scare Faustus by telling him the truth.

His blood solidifies so that he can't sign the bill. This is the universe telling Faustus he shouldn't make this deal. His own body is telling him that he should't make this deal.

The author wants us to learn from Dr Faustus's mistakes and how his pride was too powerful to repent earlier.

This almost makes it seem like he is mocking the idea of forgiveness and going to hell for doing bad deeds

So it seems that this gentleman is too good or his pride is too powerful to compliment this beautiful woman

Repetition here makes it more dramatic. It seems that the is chanting this.

soon; shortly.

This is obviously very typical for both the angels to say what they sad based on whether they are evil or good. But so far it seems that the angels and Lucifer are in this story to just prolong it. Idk It could just be me.

Faustus wants so much control over his own life and his destiny it's kind of concerning.

This seems to be a common theme where there are women more beautiful that the queen but this to me makes no sense because being a queen doesn't have much to do with beauty. But in this context and others that we have read, queens portray a lot of characteristic of beauty and problems surrounding beauty.

I don't think that giving your soul to the devil would be the best way to understand why someone would feel so passionately about being deprived of the pleasures of salvation, but that's just me.

It is true that knowing about ones health and the practices surrounding it are very crucial. Once one starts to know their body they can figure out how to maintain health. If one is ignorant about their health it is less likely that they will know how to treat any medical conditions that they have.

Is he saying that being a doctor is like performing miracles?

My reflection: Is this an actual play? Like where people can go see it? I thought this play was pretty interesting and freaky. I personally don't like anything that has to do with evil and the devil. But totally a different story from the others that we have read.

This title already lets the readers know that the story is going to be a tragedy. I am curious to know how the story plays out and what kind of tragedy it is.

Are they trying to curse the Pope?

Faustus knows everything there is to know about both law and physics and now wants to learn about something foreign to him which is magic.

he seems to be interested in only material things

The good angel once again tries to stop Faustus from selling his soul to the devil but the evil angel convinces him to do it. He ends up doing in but then starts to think of God and wanting forgiveness.

This play is freaky. Wagner persuades or tricks the clown into becoming his servant for years and shows him the devils that will take the clown to hell is he doesn't agree with being his servant. Then wants the clown to call him "Master Wagner"

Faustus rejects heaven and God. He accepts hell and the devil.

Sounds like witch craft to me.

Both Scholars are scared/ worried that Faustus has "fallen into that damned art"

Sirrah is "used as a term of address for a man or boy, especially one younger or of lower status than the speaker."

The good angel and evil angel visit Faustus. The good angel wants Faustus to put down the book and open up the bible instead. Whereas the evil angel encourages faustus to continue with the book of magic. Faustus wants to basically take control of everything.

Oh okay! this is a play?!

Is there diseases that no man can cure at the time that death is the only answer?

He is considering doing Law, Medicine, or Physician

Audacious means showing a willingness to take surprisingly bold risks.

Is this like the introduction? Like telling us who is apart of this story?

it deals with the themes at the heart of Christianity’s understanding of the world. First, there is the idea of sin, which Christianity defines as acts contrary to the will of God. In making a pact with Lucifer, Faustus commits what is in a sense the ultimate sin: not only does he disobey God, but he consciously and even eagerly renounces obedience to him, choosing instead to swear allegiance to the devil. In a Christian framework, however, even the worst deed can be forgiven through the redemptive power of Jesus Christ, God’s son, who, according to Christian belief, died on the cross for humankind’s sins. Thus, however terrible Faustus’s pact with Lucifer may be, the possibility of redemption is always open to him. All that he needs to do, theoretically, is ask God for forgiveness. The play offers countless moments in which Faustus considers doing just that, urged on by the good angel on his shoulder or by the old man in scene 12—both of whom can be seen either as emissaries of God, personifications of Faustus’s conscience, or both.

Blood plays multiple symbolic roles in the play. When Faustus signs away his soul, he signs in blood, symbolizing the permanent and supernatural nature of this pact. His blood congeals on the page, however, symbolizing, perhaps, his own body’s revolt against what he intends to do. Meanwhile, Christ’s blood, which Faustus says he sees running across the sky during his terrible last night, symbolizes the sacrifice that Jesus, according to Christian belief, made on the cross; this sacrifice opened the way for humankind to repent its sins and be saved. Faustus, of course, in his proud folly, fails to take this path to salvation.

Man, this play was really fun to read. Because it was in the form of a script, I could always understand who was saying what. In the Faerie Queen, I had trouble understanding who was saying what. This story made me wonder about the moral's of infinite knowledge. If I could do anything until 24 years later, would I do it? It would be based off of how old I was. Faustus in his final moments tried to be nice to his peers, knowing that his time was running out. But as all humans do, in his final moments, he pleaded for himself only. In the end, we all try to look out for ourselves.

I find this interesting. Mephist being a demon from hell, I was expecting him to burn the horse-courser in hell. But instead, he let him go. Maybe the demon does what his master would have done.Now that he us under his rule until he is taken into hell.

According to Google Dictionary, Phlegmatic is defined as (of a person) having an unemotional and stolidly calm disposition.

He is making it very clear that his words or attempts basically to persuade him to practice magic were not entirely responsible for him being successfully convinced, but also because he has simply fantasized or dreamed about trying it out as well.

He was finally convinced to practice magic and concealed arts. I thought it was pretty neat how it was worded "Your words have won me." Also just my personal opinion, after getting to know Faustus Character a bit, I am not quite sure if he is someone who is easily convinced.

Sounds like the kind who will absolutely not settle for less no matter the inconvenience

I found through a google search that according to Christian tradition the seven deadly sins are: envy, gluttony, greed or avarice, lust, pride, sloth, and wrath.

Would these all not refer to the same person? The devil?

I enjoyed reading a play about the tragedy of a scholar, as opposed to the typical plays we read about dragons, knights, kings, and love. I think Faustus was doomed from the start. He already knew so much about the world, but still wanted more power. His fall seemed similar to Lucifer's, as Lucifer had everything in heaven, but still wanted more, which caused his demise. At the end of the story, it reminded me of Everyman, because he asked for help from his friends, but they couldn't do anything. Overall, this play was really unique and I enjoyed reading it.

In the last hour, Faustus tries to repent. Seems a bit ridiculous considering the many chances he had before.

"intense happiness."

The old man tells Faustus to repent for his sins.

"a stingy or ungenerous person."

"Compassion for us!"

"a small firework that burns with a hissing sound before exploding."

What does this mean?

"fool or deceive (someone)."

Significance of the number 3 - the trinity

"a highly styled wig worn formerly as a fashionable headdress by both women and men" Simile comparing pride to a fancy wig, because of how high it sits and presents itself to others.

"sovereignty or control."

"intellectuals or highly educated people as a group, especially when regarded as possessing culture and political influence."

Faustus can't seem to commit to one side.

begging the devil not to show up and take him to hell... but he does

many living things are okay with death because nothing will happen to them afterwards, but i will go to hell

Faustus talked earlier about hearing this happen and knowing he would die

He admits he gave his soul to the devil for his magic.. so he is going to hell

I am assuming this means that he had the equivalent of a Ph. D. Doctor like professor, not medical doctor.

Upon further reading, this last statement appears to be false: he is in fact a physician.

Being my second time to edit this post, I am no longer sure what doctor he is.

I really enjoyed this story. It reminded me of Everyman in its character list and content, but is almost the complete opposite in plot until the final hour. I like that this story brings up the question of predestination. Was Faustus tempted to do wrong because he was destined to hell or was he destined to hell because he did wrong? According to the old man, it was the latter, but Faustus was not beyond saving if only her repented. But, not all Christian faiths or denominations agree with this. Calvinists, for example, believe that everyone is either born predestined to hell or heaven and nothing they do can change that. So, great philosophy questions, great religion questions.

you still have a chance to beg God for forgiveness

what's wrong friend?

he recommits to the devil after thinking about repentance again

Repent of your sin and return to God.

pretty please let us look at the most beautiful women that has ever lived

foreshadowing possibly???

how the heck do you have grapes when everything is frozen?!

A wise old man.

he is MAD

There are two versions of this text. The "A" version, which is this, that came out in 1604, and the "B" version that came out in 1616. The main difference between the two versions has to do with Faustus's decision to sell his soul or if he was tricked into it.

I am not a veterinarian!! I was just telling you not to ride him into water, leave me alone!

time has been passing so quickly so the time i have left is shorter.... soon i'll have to pay up with my soul for using this dark magic

this little trickster

i cannot raise people back from the dead

he heard Faustus is practicing dark magic

the chorus building up suspense

cursing

all the holy

this monolog holds a lot of imagery of his travels

he wants to make women dance naked for him with magic

this section is the personification of the seven deadly sins

food or provisions

it is funny how all of Gluttony's relatives have a food item in their name

envy or jealousy giving examples of how he wants others to hurt we he doesn't have what they do

wrath- one of the spirits of the devil

aside from the fact he is saying he will only speak of and think about the Devil, he talks in the third person a lot.

are they talking about the galaxy here?

yes you have a chance change your mind and repent!

multiple similes- how wonderful the girls he will bring him will be

All of the rules of the contract

Swearing on the devil instead of God or the Bible

this part reminds me of the new 'Sabrina' show on Netflix where they have to write their name in the devils book with their blood to receive their full powers

Perhaps, probably. 'Why, then, do we so commonly sin or is it so probable that we sin, and consequently die.'

Faustus is debating going through with magic or repenting and asking God for forgivness

if he was a tiny flee then he could go into the openings of women's clothes...

an opening or slit in a garment, covering fastenings or giving access to a pocket, or the flap of fabric under such an opening

I think this is kind of funny, the clown is saying it needs to be some really good food to give his soul to the devil

Scholarship, as in study not the money.

"The wages of sin is death"

Having or showing an excessive willingness to serve or please others.

This play is full of biblical references

A fair question about medicine and its capabilities. Can medicine ever be advanced enough to achieve immortality? We now have the knowledge of how to "raise people from the dead" if you count CPR, so how far can this go?

the easiest way to get magic is to renounce the holy trinity (God) and praise the devil instead.

i can only do what the devil allows

try to see if they will show up because I have prayed and sacrificed for them

a person who has received a license, as from a university, to practice an art or profession

Show me! show me!!