Andrew Marvell was one of the greatest poets of all time. He is well known for his metaphysical writing. He wrote many poems throughout his life. He was born on March 31, 1621 to Reverend Andrew Marvell and his wife Anne in Winestead in Holderness, Yorkshire. When he was three years old, his family moved to Hull, where his father became a lecturer to Holy Trinity Church. Andrew was educated at Hull Grammar School, and in 1633 he enrolled to Sizar of Trinity College, in Cambridge. Marvell wrote two poems one in Greek and another one in Latin, which both were printed in the "Musa Cantabrigiensis" in 1637. Andrew was admitted to Sizar of Trinity College, after a few days later of receiving a scholarship his mother passed away and stayed a few …show more content…
Andrew whom was a supporter of the King, which was under the Commonwealth, he became a supporter of Cromwell. Marvell also had many connections with parliaments. In the summer of 1657, he tutored Cromwell's nephew and ward named William Dutton who was living in Eton. By September 1657, he became appointed to become assistant for John Milton, who was in the Latin Secretary for the Commonwealth. Milton reported that Marvell mastered four different languages which probably were French, Spanish, and Italian. He was paid a salary of £200, which was the same salary as Milton, but his was not a life pension. In his quiet way he seemed to have helped Milton from being in jail and a possible execution. Starting in 1659, Marvell was elected M.P for his hometown of Hull and he continued to represent until his death. During his last twenty years of life he was engaged in political activities and taking part of the embassies to Holland and Russia were he wrote political pamphlets and satires. All do Marvell's miscellaneous poems were printed in 1681. Andrew Marvell died on August 16, 1678 of fatal malarial fever and not attending a physician. He was buried in the church of St. Giles in the …show more content…
He writes in an elegant style, he was inspired by the events, people, or personal events. He also wrote about elaborate conceit which is most common in metaphysical poetry, where he used a series of comparisons and associations to create a complex poetic image. Some examples of Andrew using this theme is in “The Coronet” or in “The Definition of Love.” He uses soul and body as the neo-Platonic traditions of Renaissance which is about the soul being permanently with the body while is merged with Christian ideas about the soul being an everlasting nature and he is really well seen in his poem “The Garden.” Another one of the themes he uses is the tripartite soul which he depicts in his poetry as the soul being divided into three parts which are the nutritive, sensitive, and rational souls. He gather this information from Aristotle and
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Andrew Foster was a teacher, missionary, and pioneer, He dedicated his life to helping Deaf people learn ASL, and working to assure that Deaf people in Africa had access to education. He was passionate about helping the less fortunate, and felt compelled to go to Africa to do mission work. He stated in some of his writings that he was, “moved by this vast educational and spiritual void among my people.”
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Through his writing, Andrew Marvell uses several strategies to get a woman to sleep with him. In his seduction poem, “To His Coy Mistress,” Marvell first presents a problem and then offers his solution to the problem. Marvell sets up a situation in which he and his lover are on opposite sides of the world: “Thou by the Indian Ganges’ side/ Shouldst rubies find; I by the tide/ Of Humber would complain….” (5-7). He has set up a circumstance in which his lover is in India and he is in England; however, this situation can be interpreted as a metaphor for sexual distance. Marvell then goes on to profess his love for this woman, telling her that he will always love her, saying “...I would/ Love you ten years before the flood” (7-8) and saying that his “vegetable love should grow/ Vaster than empires and more slow” (11). This suggests that he is promising permanence in their relationship. In doing so, Marvell is also trying to pacify his lady’s fears of sexual relations. He wants his lover to feel secure and confident about having intercourse with him.
During Marvell's lifetime, many historical eents took place. King Charles was over thrown and beheaded all before Marvell was four. In 1660, Charles the Second was made king and under his reign, Oliver Cromwell was dug up and decapatated. The had his severed had placed on a pole and mounted over West Minister hall as caution to all the upcomming rebels("Andrew Marvell" 281).
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Andrew Marvell in his poem describes a young man convincing his fair mistress to release herself to living in the here and now. He does this by splitting the poem up into three radically different stanzas. The first takes ample time to describe great feelings of love for a young lady, and how he wishes he could show it. The idea of time is developed early but not fully. The second stanza is then used to show how time is rapidly progressing in ways such as the fading of beauty and death. The third stanza presses the question to the young mistress; will she give herself to the young man and to life? Although each stanza uses different images, they all convey the same theme of living life to the fullest and not letting time pass is seen throughout. Marvell uses imagery, symbolism, and wonderful descriptions throughout the poem. Each stanza is effective and flows easily. Rhyming couplets are seen at the ends of every line, which helps the poem read smoothly.
Andrew Marvell is considered a cavalier poet. He writes seduction poems that represent characteristics of cavalier poets through use of clever, witty, and developed lyrics. Marvell's "To His Coy Mistress" is a seduction poem that contains these elements along with the use of rhyme, meter, imagery, and tone. Marvell creates a seduction poem that argues the desire for sexual gratification with a distinct aggressive tone.
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Andrew Marvell was a disciple of John Milton. In 1653 John tried to make Marvell his assistant as Latin Secretary. Instead Marvell was a tutor to another little feller (young
Instead, his images and tools stress how he wishes his love to be tranquil and drawn out. Rather than beginning with a focus on the concept of death, he opens the poem with the lines, "Had we but world enough, and time / This coyness, lady, were no crime" (ll.... ... middle of paper ... ...& nbsp; Perhaps the most unifying strategy Marvell uses in the first half of his poem is that of imagery which seems to spurn time in favor of the menialities of love. "We would sit down, and think which way / To walk, and pass our long love's day" is an idyllic scene, free of the pressures of age.
Known for his flamboyant writing and life style Oscar Wilde is today one of the most well known European poets. Focusing on pursuing love, Oscar Wilde took time in his life developing poems based on his experiences with love. His different views of love are expressed in Her Voice, and The Ballad of Reading Gaol. Wilde grew up in a fairly wealthy family. As a young man Wilde attended the university of Oxford.
"The point of view which I am struggling to attack is perhaps related to the metaphysical theory of the substantial unity of the soul: for my meaning is, that the poet has, not a personality' to express, but a particular medium, which is only a medium and not a personality, in which impressions and experiences combine in peculiar and unexpected ways."
One of the most famous poets in literary history is that of William Wordsworth. He lived between the years of 1770-1850. He was a very strong poet and many of his works have some degree of a pessimistic view to them. They could be understood after the hard life he led. He saw the French Revolution at its height and wrote several poems about it. He had an illegitimate daughter with a woman in France. When he returned back to England he married Mary Hutchinson, who gave him two sons and another daughter.