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    themes in "To Coy Mistress"‚ "To the Virgins to Make Much of Time"‚ and "To Althea from Prison". Although‚ what is the main themes in all three poems? In the first two poems‚ the major theme is time and how quickly it is passing. In "To Althea from Prison" focuses on the speaker’s faith and love. The speakers in Marvell and Herrick’s poems would disagree with the them displayed in lines tenty-nine through thirty-two of "To Althea‚ from Prison". First of all‚ in "To His Coy Mistress" the speaker

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    Instead‚ he stays on the green planet where no petty human emotion can bother him again. “Empires” is a story of finding out where you really belong‚ albeit in a different sort of way. The idea originally came to Le Guin when she was reading “To His Coy Mistress”‚ by Andrew Marvell. The poem contains the line‚ “My

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    Ramos 10/8/12 Ms. Persad Gateway Senior English Time in Poetry An addict’s growing need for drugs and alcoholism is similar to the speaker’s need‚ in “To His Coy Mistress” by Andrew Marvell‚ of love from the women he addresses to. Time has an important role in both “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” and “To His Coy Mistress”. Both speakers use time in a way which best makes them feel comfortable with. "The Love song of J. Alfred Prufrock‚" by T.S. Eliot‚ is considered a dramatic monologue

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    metaphysical 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

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    Figures of Speech [ Examples ] 1. Metaphor ❖ "But my heart is a lonely hunter that hunts on a lonely hill." (William Sharp‚ "The Lonely Hunter") ❖ "Love is an alchemist that can transmute poison into food--and a spaniel that prefers even punishment from one hand to caresses from another." (Charles Colton‚ Lacon) 2. Simile ❖ "Good coffee is like friendship: rich and warm and strong." (slogan of Pan-American Coffee Bureau)

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    effectively in ’To His Coy Mistress’? If so: explore a couple of particularly good aspects. If not: explore aspects which you think are NOT persuasive. Challenge: use a counter argument from the other point of view (i.e. if you’re arguing that it IS effective‚ look at how it might not be‚ and then argue against that). Extension: Marvell is a metaphysical poet. How does he explore metaphysical issues in ’To His Coy Mistress’? Marvell uses lots of persuasive writing in ‘To His Coy Mistress’ effectively

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    Andrew Marvell’s poem “To His Coy Mistress” is a prime example of dialectical argument. In a dialectical argument the author includes three main parts; the thesis‚ the antithesis‚ and the synthesis. The thesis states the preposition‚ no matter how obscure it seems. The thesis is the “If” statement. After the thesis the antithesis gives the “but” statement‚ the antithesis contradicts the thesis. When the author makes his two arguments he comes to the conclusion of his preposition‚ known as the synthesis

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    Carpe diem says to us that life isn’t something we have forever‚ and every passing moment is another opportunity to make the most out of the few precious years that we have left. In the poems “A Fine‚ a Private Place” by Diane Ackerman and “To His Coy Mistress” by Andrew Marvell‚ carpe diem is the underlying theme that ties them together‚ yet there are still a few key differences throughout each of these two poems that shows two very different perspectives on how one goes about seizing their day.

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    poem To His Coy Mistress by Andrew Marvell both talk about love. More specifically‚ they deal with love and its relationship to time. They show how important it is to let love grow over time‚ instead of rushing it for sex. It is almost like a garden‚ and it has to be well kept. The concept of love versus sex is very prevalent. It is obvious from the first line that the singer is more intent on love. He speaks about doing everything the same. He says that if he could relive life with his significant

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