Figures of Speech [ Examples ] 1. Metaphor ❖ "But my heart is a lonely hunter that hunts on a lonely hill." (William Sharp‚ "The Lonely Hunter") ❖ "Love is an alchemist that can transmute poison into food--and a spaniel that prefers even punishment from one hand to caresses from another." (Charles Colton‚ Lacon) 2. Simile ❖ "Good coffee is like friendship: rich and warm and strong." (slogan of Pan-American Coffee Bureau)
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Andrew Marvell’s poem “To His Coy Mistress” is a prime example of dialectical argument. In a dialectical argument the author includes three main parts; the thesis‚ the antithesis‚ and the synthesis. The thesis states the preposition‚ no matter how obscure it seems. The thesis is the “If” statement. After the thesis the antithesis gives the “but” statement‚ the antithesis contradicts the thesis. When the author makes his two arguments he comes to the conclusion of his preposition‚ known as the synthesis
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poem To His Coy Mistress by Andrew Marvell both talk about love. More specifically‚ they deal with love and its relationship to time. They show how important it is to let love grow over time‚ instead of rushing it for sex. It is almost like a garden‚ and it has to be well kept. The concept of love versus sex is very prevalent. It is obvious from the first line that the singer is more intent on love. He speaks about doing everything the same. He says that if he could relive life with his significant
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different. Andrew Marvell’s “To his Coy Mistress” from the 1600s was wrote in the traditional lens. While A.D. Hope’s “His Coy Mistress to Mr. Marvell” from the modern times took the feminist route in his reply to Andrew Marvell. Marvell uses exaggerated metaphors to persuade his beloved woman. Instead of the normalcy of respectful adulation‚ he offers lustful invitation; rather than anticipating rejection‚ he assumes sexual dominion over the eponymous “mistress”. Meanwhile Hope uses Marvell’s
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"To the Virgins‚ to Make Much of Time" by Robert Herrick‚ and "To His Coy Mistress" by Andrew Marvell. Herrick’s poem‚ "To The Virgins‚ to Make Much of Time‚" portrays carpe diem by citing the shortness of life and persuading young women to marry and enjoy the life of youth at its advantage before death takes its turn. In the poem "To His Coy Mistress"‚ Marvell consist more traits of carpe diem by persuading a certain woman in being his wife. He uses examples of time and age diminishing her beauty and
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than that of the poem “To his Coy Mistress” by Andrew Marvell. Written between 1650 and 1652 it was first published in 1681 (by his housekeeper!) several years after his death it was then and still is a shocking and controversial piece of literature. This poem is so farfetched and so laden with sexual advances the speaker is in my opinion pathetic. The speaker’s attempts to satisfy his lust are varied‚ ranging from admiration of his subject to outright manipulation. With his lust filled eyes he tries
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The first two lines of Andrew Marvell’s To his Coy Mistress lead readers into a poem of persuasion‚ in which the speaker attempts to convince a mistress to love him‚ or‚ more to the point‚ to enter into a sexual relationship with him. "Had we but World enough‚ and Time‚ / This coyness Lady were no crime." His point - though softened with grammar choice - is that these lovers do not have world enough or time enough to wait for sex. Therefore the lady’s coyness is in fact a crime. From these two lines
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Robert Herrick‚ write more about living life for today and living life like there is no tomorrow. Andrew Marvel‚ a metaphysical writer‚ stated‚"But at my back I always hear Time’s winged chariot hurrying near‚"(679). In this quote from "To His Coy Mistress‚" Marvel expresses Time as a chariot
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If you want to read about love and lust towards a group of young girls‚ or a single girl in particular‚ then read To the Virgins‚ to Make Much of Time or To Coy His Mistress. They are creepy‚ weird‚ but yet at the same time‚ actually leaves somewhat of a decent message. The two poems are very good‚ and thoughtful poems. The general subject to both of these poems is the fact that they both have to do with love‚ and sex. Although in the poem To the Virgins‚ to Make Much of Time the writer is talking
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little man’ who she is very much in love with. In comparison to my second poem‚ ’To his Coy Mistress’ [1650] by Andrew Marvell‚ the main theme is the opposite of love‚ where a man is lusting for his ’coy mistress’‚ and presents an argument for why she should let him have her‚ opposed to traditional values which were held in that era. It describes how one woman’s chastity is so important to her‚ that she wont give in to his seduction techniques. Queen Kong is set in New York and uses places of familiarity
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