Sonnet #18 "Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?" -- William Shakespeare Mood: Cheerful‚ praising‚ awestruck‚ confident Theme: True beauty is immortalized through art and thus prevails despite the ravages of time. Structure: Lines 1-9‚ 10-14 In sonnet #18‚ William Shakespeare reveals that through art‚ true beauty is immortalized and thus surmounts the ravages of time. The poet expresses an awestruck‚ confident and praising attitude towards his subject to convey his idea that his mistress is more
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In the poem‚ “To His Coy Mistress” and “My Last Duchess” there is more of a contrast of the women’s attitude than a comparison. Although‚ there wasn’t much revealed about the women other than the speaker’s brief interpretation along with the literary devices metaphor‚ and hyperbole‚ as well as the divergent tones of insistent‚ despairing‚ dramatic and ironic. When comparing and contrasting the attitude of both speakers‚ is it easy to notice the disparity between the men and their approaches concerning
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------------------------------------------------- How does Marvell present his love in Coy Mistress? This poem is a ‘carpe diem’ poem meaning seize the day. The poem is split into three stanzas. In the first stanza Marvell gives us the impression that he is calm‚ caring and in no hurry. But then in the second stanza he makes it clear that they have not got much time‚ and death is near. The final stanza shows that they are in a fight against time and they should pursue pleasure while they are
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Feminist Response to “To his Coy Mistress” In the beginning of the poem the speaker explains to the woman about his desire for their love‚ and how they will travel the world and enjoy its exotic riches. It seemed as if the speaker was really drunk in love with his mistress “Had we but world enough and time/Love you ten years before the Flood.” This demonstrates the power of love a man and woman can bring together‚ when they respect and admire each other equally. Marvell wrote this poem in a way
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THE METAPHYSICAL POETS BELIEVED IN SEIZING THE DAY. DISCUSS WITH REFERENCE TO TWO POEMS In defiance of‚ and in gesture of confrontation to‚ a conservative‚ paternalistic‚ and religious world‚ the metaphysical poets John Donne and Andrew Marvell present a new mode of thinking; one not governed by the hope of heaven‚ but by faith in the flesh. The poetry highlights and reinforces the spontaneity of lust while underscoring the fact of human mortality. Challenge conventions and conservative ideology
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"Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day" by William Shakespeare… [pic] Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate: Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May‚ And summer’s lease hath all too short a date: Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines‚ And often is his gold complexion dimm’d; And every fair from fair sometime declines‚ By chance or nature’s changing course untrimm’d; But thy eternal summer shall not fade Nor lose possession of that
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Living Life to its Fullest “Carpe diem” is a Latin phrase that is commonly translated as “seize the day.” Many poems contain ideas that are similar to that of carpe diem. They discuss how one must cherish every moment of his or her life because life is limited and will eventually come to an end. Andrew Marvell’s poem‚ “To His Coy Mistress‚” is an example of a carpe diem themed poem. Through the use of invigorating imagery‚ multiple tones‚ and thought-provoking metaphors Marvell develops an
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Compare the methods poets use to explore ideas about time in ‘hour’ and ‘to his coy mistress? The ideas and themes in the poem ‘Hour’ are about time and how it affects the relationship of two lovers. The narrator’s ideas on time are that it is short lived when you are in love‚ and this comes across throughout the poem. In ‘hour’ the language used is very blunt and this is shown when the poet says “time hates love”‚ saying that time is in control and is very powerful. The poet also uses personification;
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I. 1st Stanza “Had we but world enough‚ and time‚ This coyness‚ lady‚ were no crime”. An old gentleman is trying to win a heart of a young woman. She could be a coquette that seduces men to gain their admiration and the affections‚ for the sake of praising their beauty or from a desire of conquest; and would not respond to their feelings while she is toying them. At any rate‚ it was more than the convention in Marvels’ day for a pretty woman when she found herself talking with any man‚ displaying
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Compare the ways the poets use language to present relationships in‚ “To his Coy Mistress” and one other poem in the relationship cluster. In the poem I have chosen to compare "In Paris with you " to "To his coy mistress"‚ in comparison to each other both poems have many similarities but the differences are shown in how the use the structure‚ language and theme to create different effects on the reader. To show the poems are about relationships the writer has written in first person which is the
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