How Is The Flea Similar To The Renaissance

There are many differences and similarities of the Renaissance era and the Romantic era that can be illustrated through the Renaissance poem, “The Flea” by John Donne and the Romantic poem, “Ode: Intimations of Immortality.” The Renaissance way of writing originated in Florence, Italy in the Fourteenth century then spread to the rest of Europe. This way of writing was influenced by literature, philosophy, art, religion, and music that focused on realism and human emotion that was realistic. Realism is the movement or style of representing familiar things as they are. This era of art made people open to change. It was a cultural and an intellectual movement. An example of a Renaissance poem is “The Flea” by John Donne. In this poem, the

In stanza two, when he says, “almost, yea, more”, the speaker is quickly thinking and trying to figure out another tactic of convincing his lover. There is a slight reference to religion when he mentions the three spirits in the flea. The three spirits could be a reference to the “father, son, and the holy spirit”. The rhyme scheme in this poem is AABBCCDDD. As the rhyme scheme changes, the speaker has a new idea. Iambic pentameter and tetrameter are present. Each stanza has 9 lines. The first and last line of each stanza has eight syllables. Caesuras are there to allow for pauses and more room for doubt to be put in the woman’s mind. The Romantic era approached art

Wordsworth’s connection to nature and his struggle to understand humanity’s failure to recognize the value of nature of nature. He is upset about the time took away from an adventurous childhood. In the beginning, Wordsworth explains how nature was like a dream to him, but now he cannot see it anymore. He can see it all, but it is not the same. He gets sad when he hears the birds chirping and watches the lambs leap. He does not want to feel this way because it will ruin the season. He is full of joy, but that quickly ends when he sees trees and fields. The speaker expresses how infants have a memory of heaven, but as they get older, we lose that connection. When we get to Earth, we forget where we came from, “heaven”. Wordsworth imagines a six-year old boy and imagines his life. The child learns from experience and tells him that he is a philosopher, but is confused on why the child wants to be an adult. The speaker comes to the realization that he will always remember his childhood through memories and through his childhood to nature. He goes back to the creatures that were in the beginning to make them sing out, even though they were what made him sad. Even though he can’t remember all of nature, he is ok with relying on his memory. Nature is still everything to him in his life, which bring him insight and fuels his