English, 19.07.2019 10:30 Neko1kat

What does the phrase "purpled thy nail" refer to in this excerpt from "the flea" by john donne?

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Answer from: avii7

It is the loss of the beloved's innocence symbolized by the flea because later in that stanza, the beloved is obviously represented by the flea. Also the theme of the poem is sex and virtue, the loss of innocence is key.

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Answer from: dayantapia2007

The phrase "purpled thy nail" refers to the shared blood of the speaker and his beloved in the flea.

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"The Flea" by John Donne is a poem where a lover wants to have premarital sex and in his attempts to convince her beloved one they get bitten by a flea, which he uses as reference of their blood together as one inside of the insect and then when he receives a negative answer and he tries to kill the insect and his lover says that would be sui*cide and a murder because it has their blood in it, he told her that it doesn't have a major importance to kill the insect as it doesn't have it to love each other before marriage.

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Answer from: Quest

first of all the mood needs to be defined: it is obviously a mood of deceitful relief and serenity. why? because the cape horn is one of the most violent maritime regions of earth and although it has been left behind, it is a personification of ahab’s delirium and the fact that the end of the passage speaks about it about being “hidden” but “raving” immediately conveys the feeling the calm is not permanent but fleeting.

furthermore, the oxymoron “mild stun'sails” is the first instance of such feeling as the adjective “mild” is associated with “stunned” underscoring the fleeting nature of this “tranquil” moment. and the contrasts keep piling up, with the opposition between “dark den” and “blessed light and air” to end with the final conclusion that leaves the reader with the uneasy knowledge that this is just a reprieve.

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