Problem: What is the speaker's argument in "The Flea"? Is it convincing? Why or why not? Why a flea? Why would the Donne use a flea? Why not a mosquito or a bedbug? What is the flea a metaphor for? How would you describe the relationship between the speaker and the woman to whom he is speaking? The woman's response is never given. What do you think her response might have been? Why?