To His Coy Mistress Essay
Barrion, Seymour James D.
AP Lit - 3B
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 is not as deep as the core of the Earth. Furthermore, the love expressed in Sonnet 106 by Shakespeare is different from the love expressed in To His Coy Mistress. In this poem, the speaker is giving us ideas …show more content…
One way is to think of it as an “organic love” because as the speaker said in line 2, “...were no crime”. With that being said, they think of their love as healthy and natural. Another way is to think of it as a part of a man’s human anatomy, the male reproductive system. Moving on, the expression “amorous birds of prey” in line 38 signifies a predatory person and if we are to observe the whole sentence, the narrator is more likely to choose his mistress rather than his wife. Finally, in the final couplet, the speaker is trying to give us the meaning of his words as that sexual intercourse is a compromise in his relationship with his mistress.
Find examples of alliteration, hyperbole, and metaphor.
The final couplet in the poem, “Thus, though we cannot make our sun/Stand still, yet we will make him run,” is an example of an alliteration that enhanced the speaker’s point in the poem. Moreover, “I would/Love you ten years before the Flood” (Lines 7-8) and “...conversion of the Jews” (line 10) are both examples of a hyperbole because it gives the poem an exaggeratory effect. Finally, the expression “vegetable love” is an example of a metaphor that signifies the speaker’s natural and long-lasting love.
Which two lines would you select as revealing most vividly the theme of the
AP Lit - 3B
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 is not as deep as the core of the Earth. Furthermore, the love expressed in Sonnet 106 by Shakespeare is different from the love expressed in To His Coy Mistress. In this poem, the speaker is giving us ideas …show more content…
One way is to think of it as an “organic love” because as the speaker said in line 2, “...were no crime”. With that being said, they think of their love as healthy and natural. Another way is to think of it as a part of a man’s human anatomy, the male reproductive system. Moving on, the expression “amorous birds of prey” in line 38 signifies a predatory person and if we are to observe the whole sentence, the narrator is more likely to choose his mistress rather than his wife. Finally, in the final couplet, the speaker is trying to give us the meaning of his words as that sexual intercourse is a compromise in his relationship with his mistress.
Find examples of alliteration, hyperbole, and metaphor.
The final couplet in the poem, “Thus, though we cannot make our sun/Stand still, yet we will make him run,” is an example of an alliteration that enhanced the speaker’s point in the poem. Moreover, “I would/Love you ten years before the Flood” (Lines 7-8) and “...conversion of the Jews” (line 10) are both examples of a hyperbole because it gives the poem an exaggeratory effect. Finally, the expression “vegetable love” is an example of a metaphor that signifies the speaker’s natural and long-lasting love.
Which two lines would you select as revealing most vividly the theme of the