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  1. Mar 2025
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    1. This flea is you and I, and this Our marriage bed, and marriage temple is;

      The speaker tells the listener that the flea signifies their marriage bed and temple. By this logic, it sets the two being already married. By making the flea play the part of a temple and bed, it seemingly makes this small, insignificant bug, play a huge role within the poem.