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    To His Coy Mistress by Andrew Marvell in my opinion‚ is just another story where a man attempts to manipulate a woman in order to seduce her and take her virginity. The unnamed man pining over this female is clearly an extremely desperate person‚ who will do anything to be the one to take it from her. Even though she has made it clear she is not interested in losing her virginity to him‚ he still continues to beg. When this story was written‚ the connotation that surrounds the word mistress was

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    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 argue that we are limited by our humanity. The speaker starts off by telling his lover that if there was enough time and enough space: “world enough‚ and time”

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    To His Coy Mistress by Andrew Marvell‚ it’s a rollercoaster of emotions that starts with a slow romantic tone and then it takes a drastic change of emotions. It goes from a soft and romantic tone to a crude and strong one. It is a beautiful story that makes us realize how human and feeble our existence really is‚ that no matter how powerful and mighty we think we are‚ we are nothing compare to time. Just as the great empires of our history everything crumbles with time and eventually becomes dust

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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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    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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    His Coy Mistress Tone

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    When reading a poem‚ the tone can be misleading at first glance. Many poems might seem charming at first‚ but upon further inspection are actually 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

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    is generally consistent‚ almost to the point of being predictable. Though Andrew Marvell works with the same concepts‚ his modifications to them were well-considered. In "To His Coy Mistress‚" Marvell makes use of allusion‚ metaphor‚ and grand imagery in order to convey a mood of majestic endurance and innovatively convey the carpe diem motif. In "To his Coy Mistress‚" Marvell uses images and tools stress how he wishes his love to be– tranquil and drawn out. Rather than beginning with a focus on

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    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 be more personal than Herrick’s poem. The poem by Marvell shows

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    To his Coy Mistress by Andrew Marvell Had we but world enough‚ and time‚ This coyness‚ lady‚ were no crime. We would sit down and think which way To walk‚ and pass our long love’s day; Thou by the Indian Ganges’ side Shouldst rubies find; I by the tide Of Humber would complain. I would Love you ten years before the Flood; And you should‚ if you please‚ refuse Till the conversion of the Jews. My vegetable love should grow Vaster than empires‚ and more slow. An hundred years should

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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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