"The Flea," by John Donne

The poem, "The Flea," by John Donne, is an example of a monologue. However, instead of being a dramatic monologue, it is known as a dramatic lyric. Through the ideas of the speaker being a man, who is addressing his poem to a woman, and the use of the flea, which causes the speaker's words to change as the poem progresses, it can be seen that "The Flea" is a dramatic lyric poem, where the …

…uses it to prove how the effects of killing a flea are harmless and thus similar to having sex with him. The way Donne presents the speaker's argument makes the poem, "The Flea," a dramatic lyric rather than a dramatic monologue. The poem focuses on how the man is trying to convince the woman to have sex with him, along with bringing insight to the man's character by his feelings and thoughts about the woman.