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    traditional love poems ideals and gives the audience a more modern view. In the poem‚ “To His Coy Mistress‚” Andrew Marvell transforms images of time into a symbol of humanity to challenge traditional love poetry as it existed in this age. Marvell utilizes temporal imagery to protest the ideal love that poets of this age insisted on‚ as a means to argue that we are limited by our humanity. The speaker starts off by telling his lover that if there was enough time and enough space: “world enough‚ and time”

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    Analyzes: “To His Coy Mistress” By Andrew Marvell Andrew Marvell’s poem‚ “To His Coy Mistress‚” represents a speaker that is trying to successfully convince a woman to be his “significant other.” To add meaning and power within the poem‚ Marvell uses key rhetorical strategies such as imagery‚ metaphors‚ and paradoxes‚ which are used throughout the poem in order to create the ideal “atmosphere” for the mistress whom the speaker is referring to and readers. Within the work‚ the speaker provides

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    Words on "To His Coy Mistress" Ryan Schmidt English 114 David Upchurch 10/2/96 Either you have sex with me or you die. This is a very strong statement which‚ when said‚ has to get someone ’s attention; and that is exactly what Andrew Marvell intends for the reader in this poem. He wants the undivided attention of this mistress so that he can scare her and rush her into making a decision the way he wants and in due time. Filled with time flavored symbolism‚

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    01/23/2018 To His Coy Mistress By Andrew Marvell Insight and Appreciation How deep or sincere is the speaker’s love for his sweetheart? What are the differences between the kind of love expressed in Sonnet 106 by Shakespeare‚ and the kind expressed in this poem? Which love is more likely to withstand the ravages of time? Why? If the lover in Marvell’s poem were not concerned with time‚ would he act differently toward his sweetheart? Explain. In To His Coy Mistress‚ the speaker’s love for his sweetheart

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    unpleasant. The poem “To His Coy Mistress” by Andrew Marvell is an example of this. In the poem‚ the narrator expresses his feelings to a woman and attempts to convince her to give up her virginity to him. In the first stanza of the poem‚ he begins by complimenting her and proclaiming how he will love her forever. However‚ as the poem continues‚ the narrator appears to care more about taking advantage of her than her personality. The narrator’s tone in the poem “To His Coy Mistress” is deceitful and manipulative

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    conveys his opinion about a declining quality of life; “But being spent‚ the worse‚ and worst/ Times still succeed the former.” He states that as time passes‚ life becomes worse than it was before. The images of the poem also help to create this tone‚ such as the image of the dying flower‚ on lines 3 and 4. The speaker’s prediction at the end‚ “For having lost but once your prime‚/ You may forever tarry.”‚ adds to this pessimistic tone. The poem “To His Coy Mistress” has a

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    Analysis of To His Coy Mistress “To His Coy Mistress” is a very‚ in my opinion‚ different poem. The main story of the poem is about this man who tries to pick up this very beautiful women. I assume that it took place in a bar or club setting. The poem did not give a setting. Just by the way he is talking to her‚ its relevant that it’s not in a library or coffee shop. I love the fact that we see the poem through the eyes of this man. And by doing that it gives us a really good glimpse of what he

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    To his Coy Mistress by Andrew Marvell Had we but world enough‚ and time‚ This coyness‚ lady‚ were no crime. We would sit down and think which way To walk‚ and pass our long love’s day; Thou by the Indian Ganges’ side Shouldst rubies find; I by the tide Of Humber would complain. I would Love you ten years before the Flood; And you should‚ if you please‚ refuse Till the conversion of the Jews. My vegetable love should grow Vaster than empires‚ and more slow. An hundred years should

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    compare/contrast will be by Andrew Marvell‚ who was an English metaphysical poet‚ satirist and politician‚ and Robert Herrick‚ who was a 17th century English lyric poet and cleric. In the poems To the Virgins‚ To Make Much of Time‚ by Herrick and To Coy His Mistress‚ by Marvell‚ they both have the similarity of the importance of time passing‚ but also the theme of Carpe Diem and taking the time to enjoy sexual activity. I claim that Marvell’s poem seems to be more personal than Herrick’s poem. The poem

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    The main plot of the poem “To His Coy Mistress” is about a guy that tries to pick up a girl for the night. The poem is told in the guy’s point view. This helps the reader get into his mind and better understand his thoughts. As the poem progresses‚ we see that the guy develops his words more and more until he eventually seems very desperate. In the first stanza he starts flirting with her and trying to get her attention. He starts to tell her that he could be with her forever. For example‚ in lines

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