To Althee From Prison Essay
Love, time, and freedom are all major themes in "To Coy Mistress", "To the Virgins to Make Much of Time", and "To Althea from Prison". Although, what is the main themes in all three poems? In the first two poems, the major theme is time and how quickly it is passing. In "To Althea from Prison" focuses on the speaker's faith and love. The speakers in Marvell and Herrick's poems would disagree with the them displayed in lines tenty-nine through thirty-two of "To Althea, from Prison". First of all, in "To His Coy Mistress" the speaker says "Had we but world enough, and time" which means if they had more time, then he would focus on each part of her body until he got to her heart. That is a metaphor for sex and love. He expresses
how he would compliment and admire her if only they had more time. In the second stanza, he states how they do not have any time to waste. He says that life is short and death is everlasting and how time is swiftly passing and there is not time to waste. "At my back I always hear/Time's winged chariot hurrying near". The speaker then resorts to images of decay to try and convince her that they must do it now and take action while they are still young and before their beauty decays. The love he describes is rough and violent, saying that they must "devour" their time and "Tear our pleasures with rough strife". Second of all, in "To the Virgins to Make Much of Time" begins with describing the passing of time to roses that must be picked before they decay. In the second stanza, he then compares time to the movement of the sun, saying "make nay while the sun shines". In the last stanza, he tells virgins to make most of what time they have left and get married while they are still able. He says "For having lost but once your prime/You may forever tarry" whiuch means if they do not hurry and marry they may never get the chance. Lastly, how is the main theme of those two poems different from the theme in the last four lines of "To Althea from Prison"? For starters, the theme is line 29-32 is about freedom and confinement. The speaker says like an angel, he is truly free by having freedom in one's love and one's soul, which brings a religious or at least spirtual aspect to the story. The speakers of the first two poems believe time is passing quickly and thay have to act in the moment but in the last poem he is confined to a jail cell so he has to have faith that their is life after death and he not a prisoner of time. In conclusion, the speakers of "To His Coy Mistress" and "To the Virgins to Make Much of Time" would not agree with the theme in lines 29-32 of "To Althea form Prison". The speakers of the first two poems are troubled by time and are worried if they do not act in the moment they will lose their chance. In the last poem however the speaker believes that if he has freedom in one's love and in one's soul then he is not subject to the confines of time.
how he would compliment and admire her if only they had more time. In the second stanza, he states how they do not have any time to waste. He says that life is short and death is everlasting and how time is swiftly passing and there is not time to waste. "At my back I always hear/Time's winged chariot hurrying near". The speaker then resorts to images of decay to try and convince her that they must do it now and take action while they are still young and before their beauty decays. The love he describes is rough and violent, saying that they must "devour" their time and "Tear our pleasures with rough strife". Second of all, in "To the Virgins to Make Much of Time" begins with describing the passing of time to roses that must be picked before they decay. In the second stanza, he then compares time to the movement of the sun, saying "make nay while the sun shines". In the last stanza, he tells virgins to make most of what time they have left and get married while they are still able. He says "For having lost but once your prime/You may forever tarry" whiuch means if they do not hurry and marry they may never get the chance. Lastly, how is the main theme of those two poems different from the theme in the last four lines of "To Althea from Prison"? For starters, the theme is line 29-32 is about freedom and confinement. The speaker says like an angel, he is truly free by having freedom in one's love and one's soul, which brings a religious or at least spirtual aspect to the story. The speakers of the first two poems believe time is passing quickly and thay have to act in the moment but in the last poem he is confined to a jail cell so he has to have faith that their is life after death and he not a prisoner of time. In conclusion, the speakers of "To His Coy Mistress" and "To the Virgins to Make Much of Time" would not agree with the theme in lines 29-32 of "To Althea form Prison". The speakers of the first two poems are troubled by time and are worried if they do not act in the moment they will lose their chance. In the last poem however the speaker believes that if he has freedom in one's love and in one's soul then he is not subject to the confines of time.