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    Compare the ways in which attitudes to love are explored by Shakespeare in Sonnet 116‚ and Marvell in To His Coy Mistress The ways in which attitudes to love re explored by each poet‚ Shakespeare and Marvell are that they both talk about love with a sense of time. Shakespeare writes about how time is insignificant and love is everything‚ whilst Marvell writes that time shouldn’t be wasted when love is and they should make the most of the time they have now. But the thing that they both have in

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    most of his time in the church and with other clergymen‚ meaning how he spends his time is 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”

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    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

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    Comparing: In Paris with You; His Coy Mistress Both poems are about love - love that has been lost‚ damaged and tainted. In Paris with You is the bitter tale of a man who tries to move on from a lover that has left the man broken‚ biting and bleak‚ his poem is a woeful tale of the breakdown of what was clearly a precious relationship that had soured over time leading the man into a spiral of distress and Paris. The title itself suggests his biting personality In Paris with You - when you initially

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    Analyzes: “To His Coy Mistress” By Andrew Marvell Andrew Marvell’s poem‚ “To His Coy Mistress‚” represents a speaker that is trying to successfully convince a woman to be his “significant other.” To add meaning and power within the poem‚ Marvell uses key rhetorical strategies such as imagery‚ metaphors‚ and paradoxes‚ which are used throughout the poem in order to create the ideal “atmosphere” for the mistress whom the speaker is referring to and readers. Within the work‚ the speaker provides

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    Analytical Essay The poems I chose to compare/contrast will be by Andrew Marvell‚ who was an English metaphysical poet‚ satirist and politician‚ and Robert Herrick‚ who was a 17th century English lyric poet and cleric. In the poems To the Virgins‚ To Make Much of Time‚ by Herrick and To Coy His Mistress‚ by Marvell‚ they both have the similarity of the importance of time passing‚ but also the theme of Carpe Diem and taking the time to enjoy sexual activity. I claim that Marvell’s poem seems to

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    Words on "To His Coy Mistress" Ryan Schmidt English 114 David Upchurch 10/2/96 Either you have sex with me or you die. This is a very strong statement which‚ when said‚ has to get someone ’s attention; and that is exactly what Andrew Marvell intends for the reader in this poem. He wants the undivided attention of this mistress so that he can scare her and rush her into making a decision the way he wants and in due time. Filled with time flavored symbolism‚

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    unpleasant. The poem “To His Coy Mistress” by Andrew Marvell is an example of this. In the poem‚ the narrator expresses his feelings to a woman and attempts to convince her to give up her virginity to him. In the first stanza of the poem‚ he begins by complimenting her and proclaiming how he will love her forever. However‚ as the poem continues‚ the narrator appears to care more about taking advantage of her than her personality. The narrator’s tone in the poem “To His Coy Mistress” is deceitful and manipulative

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    conveys his opinion about a declining quality of life; “But being spent‚ the worse‚ and worst/ Times still succeed the former.” He states that as time passes‚ life becomes worse than it was before. The images of the poem also help to create this tone‚ such as the image of the dying flower‚ on lines 3 and 4. The speaker’s prediction at the end‚ “For having lost but once your prime‚/ You may forever tarry.”‚ adds to this pessimistic tone. The poem “To His Coy Mistress” has a

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    Analysis of To His Coy Mistress “To His Coy Mistress” is a very‚ in my opinion‚ different poem. The main story of the poem is about this man who tries to pick up this very beautiful women. I assume that it took place in a bar or club setting. The poem did not give a setting. Just by the way he is talking to her‚ its relevant that it’s not in a library or coffee shop. I love the fact that we see the poem through the eyes of this man. And by doing that it gives us a really good glimpse of what he

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