A Comparative Analysis of Shakespeares Shall I Compare...

A Comparative Analysis of Shakespeares Shall I Compare Thee and Donnes The Flea In shall I Compare Thee Shakespeare is addressing a woman, although it is not clear who, the most likely person is his dark lady. Shakespeare addresses this woman directly in a charming way. The poem is not said to of been set in a particular place but I believe it is more then likely to of have been set in a garden because the things he compares the woman with are found outside. The poem is about Shakespeare trying to explain he deep his love is for this woman. Although I would like to believe that this poem is about platonic love it is my opinion that Shakespeare is trying to ensure a sexual relationship with†¦show more content†¦The poems second argument is marked with a discourse marker, in this case But. The poems second argument is why the woman is better then summer, Shakespeare says Sommers lease hath all too short a dateà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã‚ ¦.but thy eternall sommer shall not fade Shakespeare is saying that summer ends and fades, but you never will. The last two lines of Shall I Compare Thee, So long as men can see, so long lives this, and this gives life to thee. The first thing I noticed about the final couplet is that they are indented from the rest of the text; I believe this is to give this final couplet the feel of a conclusion. These two lines mean that as long as people can read then this womans beauty will live forever and that in the poem she can never die. In The Flea the poems first argument is when Donne uses the flea to add impact and emphasise his point that her losing her virginity is not a big deal. He says it has already sucked from him and from her and that in this flea their blood is mingled. Donne uses this type of sexual innuendo a lot in this poem. After Donne says this the woman tries to kill the flea. When this happens Donne changes the direction he was going with his argument and starts to say that this flea is a very big deal, that they have been married inside this flea and that if she kills it she will commit not just one crime but in killing the flea sheShow MoreRelated Comparative Analysis of Shall I compare thee to a summers day? and The Flea2438 Words   |  10 PagesComparative Analysis of Shall I compare thee to a summers day? by William Shakespeare and The Flea by John Donne Shall I compare thee by Shakespeare focuses on romantic love, whereas Donnes poem, The Flea is all about seduction and sexual love. The situations in the two poems are very different. In Shall I compare thee, the poet is shown as a lover who is addressing his lady. His tone is gentle and romantic. He starts with a rhetorical question to which