oem he compares the sexual act of intercourse with that to the act of been bitten by a flea. John Donnes's poem uses a playful style of writing where a man is trying to seduce the women he loves. 'The Flea' is a lighthearted poem in which two people become united.
             Gwala's poem 'We lie under Tall Gum-Trees' opens up with a cliche of a romantic idealised setting of two young lovers lying under tall eucalyptus trees, 'lie under tall gum-trees' which are so voluminous they eliminate the moonlight. The stars and the evening clouds, 'hidden from the moonlight, the stars and the silvery summer clouds' leaving these two lovers alone coupled with emotions and like John Milton stated when referring to Adam and Eve 'Imparadised in one another's arms.' The use of words like 'shadows' and 'hidden from the moonlight' gives the feeling of darkness and confusion. Whilst implying that traditionally a sexual activity take place in the dark and creates the setting of our loves in stanza one.
             Stanza one also creates for the reader an i
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