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Analysis of "To His Coy Mistress" by Andrew Marvell

"To His Coy Misstress" by Andrew Marvell is an extremely interesting and seductive poem about love. Marvell does an excellent job of making his thougts unmatched and original. The poem divides up into three main parts, each with a slightly differnt main idea. The final part of the poem represents how the author and his mistress plan to spend this fleeting time.
In the first half of Marvell's poem is that of imagery which sems to turn down time in favor of love. "To walk, and pass our long love's day" (663). To wall gives us the impression that they are calm and in no rush. Marvell gives us the felling that he is not in a hurry. "This coyness, lady, were no crime" (663). This line lets us know that he is talking maybe to a more or less young woman, the object of this older gentleman's eye. In the time the poem was written it was known that for a pretty woman, when found interacting with an available man, she is to despaly shyness or unwillingness at least for awhile. ...

Posted by: Kelly G Hess

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