In the poem‚ “To His Coy Mistress” and “My Last Duchess” there is more of a contrast of the women’s attitude than a comparison. Although‚ there wasn’t much revealed about the women other than the speaker’s brief interpretation along with the literary devices metaphor‚ and hyperbole‚ as well as the divergent tones of insistent‚ despairing‚ dramatic and ironic. When comparing and contrasting the attitude of both speakers‚ is it easy to notice the disparity between the men and their approaches concerning
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Feminist Response to “To his Coy Mistress” In the beginning of the poem the speaker explains to the woman about his desire for their love‚ and how they will travel the world and enjoy its exotic riches. It seemed as if the speaker was really drunk in love with his mistress “Had we but world enough and time/Love you ten years before the Flood.” This demonstrates the power of love a man and woman can bring together‚ when they respect and admire each other equally. Marvell wrote this poem in a way
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and just as Donne champions the libertine ideal in "To His Mistress Going to Bed"‚ so Marvell ’s "To His Coy Mistress" celebrates the metaphysical belief of "Carpe diem" or grasping the day. Both poets see man as a spontaneous and pragmatic being‚ destined to live one life only and needing to make the most of it. This need to satisfy one ’s earthly urgings is most clearly expressed by Marvell. In To his Coy Mistress Marvell presents to his lover an argument for lowering her defenses and to give
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------------------------------------------------- How does Marvell present his love in Coy Mistress? This poem is a ‘carpe diem’ poem meaning seize the day. The poem is split into three stanzas. In the first stanza Marvell gives us the impression that he is calm‚ caring and in no hurry. But then in the second stanza he makes it clear that they have not got much time‚ and death is near. The final stanza shows that they are in a fight against time and they should pursue pleasure while they are
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poems ‘To his coy mistress’ and ‘In Paris With You’‚ both of the poets are speaking about a relationship with their lover and they present love through the use of language in many different ways. Love is presented in ‘In Paris With You’ through repetition as ‘Paris’ and the mantra ‘In Paris with you’ is repeated more than 10 times; this shows that the speaker wishes to focus solely on the present and the time that he is sharing with his lover in that moment. Similarly‚ in ‘to his coy mistress’ the
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these lines‚ we assume that time continues forever because the poem describes the leisurely pace of life spent in courtship of the beloved‚ silent mistress. “Thou by the Indian Ganges’ side ‚ Shouldst rubies find; I by the tide”. In these lines the speaker embarks on some astonishing hyperbole to describe the praise he wants to give to his mistress. He selects two rivers‚ India’s Ganges‚ which is sacred to the Hindu religion and was believed to be the goddess‚ and England’s Humber‚ which flows
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“Carpe diem” is a Latin phrase that is commonly translated as “seize the day.” Many poems contain ideas that are similar to that of carpe diem. They discuss how one must cherish every moment of his or her life because life is limited and will eventually come to an end. Andrew Marvell’s poem‚ “To His Coy Mistress‚” is an example of a carpe diem themed poem. Through the use of invigorating imagery‚ multiple tones‚ and thought-provoking metaphors Marvell develops an allegory for living every second of
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The Non-Discriminatory Nature of Time in Andrew Marvell’s “To His Coy Mistress” Time passes. Its journey is oblivious to power‚ weakness‚ beauty‚ or mercy. The nature of time itself lies in its unrelenting progression through life‚ until we are removed from it’s favor and then wither and die. The purpose of most carpe diem poetry is to draw a character’s attention (usually the female) to the pressing nature of time’s progress‚ as well as illustrating
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Compare the ways the poets use language to present relationships in‚ “To his Coy Mistress” and one other poem in the relationship cluster. In the poem I have chosen to compare "In Paris with you " to "To his coy mistress"‚ in comparison to each other both poems have many similarities but the differences are shown in how the use the structure‚ language and theme to create different effects on the reader. To show the poems are about relationships the writer has written in first person which is the
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each other it is said that they are "in love" and this can give meaning to what is commonly referred to as a love poem. Poets John Donne and Andrew Marvell write such poetry however‚ their poems "A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning"‚ and "To His Coy Mistress"‚ consider two different concepts. Although they are addressing love‚ they are dealing with different aspects of it. The two poems can be contrasted in form‚ poetic devices such as symbols‚ tone‚ rhyme‚ and the rhythmical pattern. Symbols
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