The Bait John Donne Analysis

In the poem, "The Bait" by John Donne, he uses the words, "bait" and "women" to refer to "woman" and "man". There is a man who is in love with the woman and the woman has control over all the men. All of the men try everything to be capture by her, so they can be with her forever. At first, it is very important to get the real understanding of the poem before doing anything else and it is also important to see what words are being used throughout the poem and the effects they have on the poem. The word that stood out in the poem and was important in the way it is used in the context was "bait" because it changes his tone when talking about women, and the meaning of the word, which is "food to entice a prey".

The woman has so much control on the men that, "each fish, which every channel hath, Will amorously to thee

The word "bait" is used twice in this poem, once in the title and the other in the last stanza. As it was said earlier, the word "bait" is used to refer to a woman. Which is indicating that the title of the poem translates into "the woman." This whole poem is about a woman, who uses her ways to get men 's attention, but at the same time she does not have to try because the men are already in love with her. The second time the word is used in the line, "For thou art thine own bait" (Donne, 26). The man expresses how the women does not need to use any traps because she herself is a bait. The reason she herself is the bait is because every guy is attracted to her. In a way, he is saying you do not be a bait, but when looking back at the definition of bait it is, "an attractive morsel of food places on a hook or in a trap, in order to allure fish or other animals to seize it and be thereby captured". After examining the definition, it is clear that a "bait" is a trap to get something or someone and either way he is trapped by her looks and beauty. Even though, he says that she does not need tricks to catch something, the woman 's beauty