During the seventeenth century‚ many religious and political changes occurred. Cavalier poetry erupted using themes such as love‚ war‚ loyalty to the king‚ and carpe diem. Marvell speaks to his prudish mistress in ’To His Coy Mistress.’ Herrick attempts to persuade Corinna to seize the day in ’Corinna’s Going A-Maying.’ Sir John Suckling speaks to his friend to convince him to forget his love in ’Why So Pale and Wan’ Lovelace speaks to his lovers about the limitations placed on relationships and
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used carefully to portray the true meaning of the poet. Porphyria’s Lover by Robert Browning and To His Coy Mistress by Andrew Marvell both share the sense of dramatics and intense feelings in their poems. Through the images and metaphors throughout both works‚ we can compare and contrast the underlying meaning of Browning and Marvell’s poems. What is love? According to His Coy Mistress‚ Marvell explains love as a sexual relationship. He claims his promise to compliment her and admire her beauty
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Santha have just arrived at their new school. They have just been introduced to the the head mistress. She’s just decided to change their names because she hasn’t bothered to learn India’s language. The head mistress states‚ “Oh‚ my dears‚ those are much too hard for me. Suppose we give you pretty English names”(p.1). This reveals that the head mistress is treating Premila and Santha differently. The head mistress says “suppose we give you pretty English names”. She is slyly implying that their given
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by mocking the common comparisons and telling the truth about his lover’s appearance. The first quatrain briefly describes the woman’s physical appearance by using comparisons to nature. To begin the poem‚ Shakespeare uses a simile by saying‚ "My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun" (1). One may mistake this line as a criticism‚ but he is merely saying that her eyes are nothing like the sun because they are better than it. The speaker also says‚ "If snow be white‚ why then her breasts are dun"
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proved his perseverance by taking the initiative to continue his lessons after the mistress stopped teaching him. Douglass’ character suggest that he has the ability to focus on his education by staying determined on his life as a free man‚ which also displays his effort to persevere. He also continued his education even with the danger he faced if he were caught learning how to read or write by his master or mistress. While individuals of the twenty-first century may not face the struggle to learn
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poet‚ Andrew Marvell‚ wrote the poem “To His Coy Mistress‚” which is considered to be a seduction poem on the surface‚ but Marvell’s poem is about seizing the moment in life. Marvell uses figures of speech like metaphors‚ similes‚ and imagery to persuade the woman he loves to sleep with him‚ but he also wants to argue that life is short‚ and she should seize the day‚ both in life and sexually. The figures of speech that are in “To His Coy Mistress” enhance the themes of time‚ mortality‚ freedom and
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Remembered‚ "It was possible a young slave to grow well past infancy in a naïve‚ childish happiness‚ oblivious to the painful gulf between his blood relations and his master". (Escott‚ 29) Thus this statement validates‚ those of Linda. The master and mistress did not begin to instill in them at a young age that they were their
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conflicts and a couplet offers the resolutions. “Sonnet 130” compares the poet ’s mistress to images normally associated with beauty during the Elizabethan period. In the first line‚ for instance‚ he compares her to the sun: “My mistress ’ eyes are nothing like the sun”. Then‚ he goes on by describing her as someone with no coral red lips‚ dun breasts‚ black-wired hair‚ no rosy cheeks and no sweet-smelling breath. The mistress beauty is in conflict with the ideal beauty conventions of the Elizabethan society
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(1619 – 1865). Maya Angelou says about the narrator from “What’s Your Name Girl?” it only seem like Margaret wants freedom from her mistress because she felt she was being kept to do white people’s work and duties. She did not like being mistreated all the time by her mistress because of her skin color. Fredrick Douglass on “Learning How to Read and Write” his mistress was overcompensating by following her husband’s commands on ceasing instructions for Douglass on learning how to read and write. He
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opening line of Shakespeare ’s Sonnet 130 is a simile "My mistress ’ eyes are nothing like the sun". Unlike other poets who may exaggerate on describing the one they love‚ Shakespeare tells it as it is. Shakespeare continues to describe his mistress in terms of the senses of sight‚ smell‚ sound and touch. Shakespeare describes his mistress’ lips as “Coral is far more red than her lips’ red” This is giving the impression that lips of his mistress’ are a very pale colour. He continues to say "her breasts
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