His Coy Mistress

The poem To His Coy Mistress by Andrew Marvell in my opinion, is just another story where a man attempts to manipulate a woman in order to seduce her and take her virginity. The unnamed man pining over this female is clearly an extremely desperate person, who will do anything to be the one to take it from her. Even though she has made it clear she is not interested in losing her virginity to him, he still continues to beg. When this story was written, the connotation that surrounds the word mistress was not negative. It was seen as a partner, or a companion. It had a much more positive connotation than it does now, which is normally used to describe a woman who is having an affair with another male. She was just a shy woman, which he wanted as a partner. However the unnamed person was in all honesty, a very manipulative person
He explains how he would love her in several different ways if he had the time. He writes about how he would compliment her and admire her if he had the time, and states that he would focus on "each part" of her. However, then he says "Time's winged chariot hurrying near," which equates to him saying, but since time is running out, I can't love you, or at least treat you with the respect you