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Marvell vs Herrick

During the 17th century the style of writing was changing from poems about death to ones whose subject was about love and passionate with women. This kind of writing is also known as carpe diem. Robert Herrick and Andrew Marvell were two of the first carpe diem poets. Although their styles were similar their subjects differed. Both poets who have chosen women for their sex appeal and ultimately their intention was to get them in beds. While these poems are focus on fantasizing sex, their variety of charm, and reminding the importance of time in which poets can accomplished to efforts to seduce the women.
Speakers describe their love as a magnificent expanse towards fantasizing and having a sex with woman in very passionate way. In To His Coy Mistress, Marvell writes, “Had we but world…were no crime.” [1-2]. This is metaphor saying if they had all the time in the world to spend magnificent and remarkable time together that he would not be worried about to getting married right aw...

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