Comparing To His Coy Mistress and One Flesh
These are two poems wrote at very different times, and have some very
different views about love and what is contained in love. Andrew
Marvell wrote 'To His Coy Mistress,' in the 17th century has views are
of a man thinking about his sex life. 'One Flesh,' written by
Elizabeth Jennings in the 20th century has views from a daughter
looking at her parents with a sympathetic view.
In 'To His Coy Mistress,' the language within this poem is much like
the style of language used in Shakespeare's work, and it would seem
they had similar interests and motives on writing their pieces. It
seems that the only reason for Marvell to write this poem was to try
and get his Lady-friend to advance their caring relationship into a
sexual relationship. Within this poem all he is really doing is trying
to persuade his girlfriend to change her mind about wanting to die
pure and innocent, as she wants to die a virgin, and goes about this
by describing some horrific images. This could show that he wants her
to be scared out of her state of mind and into his beliefs. He starts
off trying to sweeten her into wanting to have sex with him, he says
Had we but world enough, and time,
This coyness, Lady, were no crime.
We would sit down, and think which way
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To talk, and pass our long love's day.
He is saying here that if there were a limitless amount of time we
would be able to go out and just think about talking to each other,
but because life is short we can't do that so take a chance and do it.
Then he goes onto say that in an ideal world one would have time to go
to such places as India and search for ruby's and he would not
complain because he would have endless amounts of time with her, but
this isn't an ideal world. Here he is just reinforcing his previous
tries to make her disinterested in him so that again, he may concentrate on the
"secret words", and it gives him the ability to change to a man. Without her knowledge of
rival’s guard down; to the point she’s invited (possibly more like coerced) to his bed. In addition,
same time imposes his will on her. He hinders her from having her own thoughts.
him to shut up. He realizes that things have changed and she has gotten older and
just enough to keep on the right side of her until he gets what he
helps him to define his reason to why he is trying to sleep with her
led on by those around him and does not have much faith in the woman
feels; he just imposes his ways on her and expects her to go along with it.
...r to say that she loves him; and even, to remove her wooded leg as some bazar display of trust. All before reliving his hollow bible and making off with her artificial Limb
Comparing Tone in To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time and To His Coy Mistress
The Flea and To His Coy Mistress are two poems written by poets living during the Renaissance Period. To His Coy Mistress was written by Andrew Marvell and The Flea was written by John Donne. Both of these poets were well-educated 'metaphysical poets', and these poems illustrate metaphysical concerns, highly abstract and theoretical ideas, that the poets would have been interested in. Both poems are based around the same idea of trying to reason with a 'mistress' as to why they should give up their virginity to the poet.
realises that he is the right man for her and will be able to tame her
in the play, is the character to fear. We don’t know the details of what