Analysis Of Andrew Marvell Jr. Gather The Flowers But Spare The Buds

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Andrew Marvell Jr.
“Gather the flowers, but spare the buds.”-Andrew Marvell Jr. Andrew lived a life that a person you know may have lived. He experienced things that people today go through. He lived his life writing and going through phases of love. The experiences of Andrew Marvell Jr.’s life he lived, the ups and downs, and the death of him.
Andrew Marvell was born March 31, 1621 in Winestead, Yorkshire. He was the fourth child and elder son of Andrew Marvell Sr. and Anne Pease. Andrew Marvell’s father was born in the village of Meldreth in Cambridge shire. Once his father got order he moved to East Riding of Yorkshire and met his wife there. Marvell was educated in grammar school at Kingston and at Trinity College. His writing began when started to experiences different things and he started to express himself by writing. (http://www.brittannaica.com/EBchecked/topic/367219/Andrew Marvell)
Marvell was forced to end his academic career because of the death of his father. His father was the one who took care of all his funds and expenses. He no longer had anyone to do that so he was forced to find his own way. Then again maybe he just had other dreams in the first place. Maybe he felt like that was his chance to try something new and moved forward in life. After all this occurred he begins to travel the world. (Kilvert, Ian Scott ed. British Writers 1979 Vol.1)
Andrew began to travel to Holland, France, Spain, and Italy. The death of his father caused him to travel seeing he couldn’t finish his career for lack of funds. So he decided to pursue other dreams instead. From what I know he was never really employed with a job. He did become an assistant preacher at one point in his life. He learned different languages such as Lati...

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...ing in love with the little things people do. The first poem that was talked about explains that the woman had respect for herself. She didn’t let the things he said or did pursue her in any way. The next poem summarizes that love is powerful and can harm any man or woman in its path. These poems were chosen to endure that fact what we go through now has been around for the longest.

Work Citied
Andrew Marvell. Encyclopedia Britannica.
Encyclopedia Britannica Inc. 2014 http://www.brittannaica.com/EBchecked/topic/367219/Andrew Marvell
Andrew Marvell. http://www.poetryfoundation. org/poem/173945 Kilvert, Ian Scott ed. British Writers 1979 Vol.1
Kastan, David Scott ed. Oxford Encyclopedia of
British Literature. 2006 Vol.3 New York: New York 2006
Marvell, Andrew. To His Coy Mistress Ed. Arthur N.
Applebee. Evanston: McDougal Little Inc., 2006. 463

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