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    Sonnet 116

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    Sonnet 116 Sonnet 116 is a poem written hundreds of years ago by William Shakespeare. It has bee used to presents a beautiful and optimistic view of real love. The features of a sonnet include 14 lines consisting of three quatrains and a rhyming couplet. Each quatrain have a rhyme pattern abab‚ cdcd‚ efef and gg.The quatrains all discuss the same idea of love being unchanging different circumstances. Shakespeare uses enjambment throughout his sommet. Sonnet 116 follows strict rules to keep the ideas

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    Sonnet 116

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    Sonnet 116 Let me not to the marriage of true minds Admit impediments. Love is not love Which alters when it alteration finds‚ Or bends with the remover to remove: O no! it is an ever-fixed mark That looks on tempests and is never shaken; It is the star to every wandering bark‚ Whose worth’s unknown‚ although his height be taken. Love’s not Time’s fool‚ though rosy lips and cheeks Within his bending sickle’s compass come: Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks‚ But bears it out

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    different from how Andrew Marvell and the cavaliers spend theirs. In John Donne’s “Holy Sonnet 10” and Andrew Marvell’s “To His Coy Mistress‚" time and how little time we have ourselves‚ is the main theme‚ but how we spend our time is different. Throughout both poems‚ the importance of time and how we spend our time is stressed‚ but how the two poets spend their time differs. Andrew Marvell’s “To His Coy Mistress” mentions how quickly time passes multiple times‚ “Had we but world enough‚ and time”

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    To His Coy Mistress

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    “TO HIS COY MISTRESS” by Andrew Marvell THEME: Time‚ Love and Sex In his poem the author tries to convey that if there was enough time‚ he and his beloved could go on courting forever‚ but times goes by quickly. Therefore‚ as he wants her to have sex with him‚ he states that they must squeeze their joys to the present because there is no time to be coy and aloof. LANGUAGE: Figurative The poet uses figurative language to add feeling and mood to what he wants to say to his mistress. Many

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    To His Coy Mistress

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    used literary techniques such as hyperbole to exaggerate their love‚ making it nonsensical and artificial. One poet of the early modern era parodies the traditional love poems ideals and gives the audience a more modern view. In the poem‚ “To His Coy Mistress‚” Andrew Marvell transforms images of time into a symbol of humanity to challenge traditional love poetry as it existed in this age. Marvell utilizes temporal imagery to protest the ideal love that poets of this age insisted on‚ as a means to

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    His Coy Mistress

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    Marvell’s “To His Coy Mistress” is a love poem of seduction. The poem conveys biblical‚ historical allusions‚ and passionate imagery to express a young lover’s feeling that he does not have enough time to waste on the coyness of his mistress. In the first stanza the young lover is trying to seduce his mistress quickly‚ although he is married. He explains to her what their love would be like if they had years to spend together. He would “Love [her] ten years before the flood‚” this is a biblical

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    Sonnet 116

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    word “love” isn’t just a 4 letter word… It’s way beyond that. This is what William Shakespeare is trying to clarify in his Sonnet 116. He wants to expound what love is‚ & what it isn’t. Using a couple of metaphors‚ Shakespeare’s main aim is to elucidate the theme that real love is immortal‚ consistent and certainly not under the mercy of time. Shakespeare starts off sonnet 116 by saying that true love overcomes impediments and doesn’t get affected by the changes in the surrounding. Following that

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    To His Coy Mistress

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    Literature II. To his coy Mistress and To his importunate Mistress “To his coy Mistress” is poem written by Andrew Marvell‚ and this is one of his best poems ever. Author used Carpe Diem‚ very interesting style of writing poetry. In this poem he describes his life and how he wanted a more time with special woman. “To his importunate Mistress” is poem which is written by Peter de Vries. He also in his poem used many things that are like in Marvell’s poem “To his coy Mistress. The first sentence

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    To His Coy Mistress

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    Love to His Mistress Throughout history the ideas of proper sexuality for men and women have changed very little. Courtship is important today as it was in the 1600 ’s. Andrew Marvel ’s poem‚ "To His Coy Mistress"‚ is a typical carpe diem poem in which the speaker tells his mistress they should "seize the day". It is obvious that he wants her to have sexual relations with her now instead of having to wait until marriage. Marvell is not suggesting for lust to take over his heart although sex is the

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    To His Coy Mistress

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    The poems "To His Coy Mistress" by Andrew Marvell and "To the Virgins‚ To Make Much of Time" by Robert Herrick exemplify youth‚ modesty and resistance. The topic of both poems indicates the negative consequences that can occur if one is hesitant to enjoy his or her youth; furthermore‚ each author expresses in words how youth is the prime of ones life‚ and only lasts for a small amount of time. Each piece differentiates in certain ways‚ while certain qualities are shared. Some ways in which these

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