Persuasive Poems

While Herrick is addressing young women encouraging them to grasp their sexuality while in Marvell's poem, his speaker is persuading the women to commit in the sex act with him personally. On the other hand, both poems take after the “Carpe Diem” idea of living in the now and being merry while tomorrow humans may die or loved ones may. Both Herrick and Marvell dramatize the idea of pleasure, how it should not be held back because dying is destined. Not only that, but both poems seem to almost be like letters to someone. Marvell's poem is very powerful when describing how worms will burrow into his mistress when dead and is more personal while Herrick's is more soothing without the disgusting image and is for all young ladies. Urging women to loose their virginity is one of the big themes of both poems, except Marvell is acting as a

There is a similar theme running through both of the poems, in which both mistresses are refusing to partake in sexual intercourse with both of the poets. The way in which both poets present their argument is quite

“To His Coy Mistress” is one-way argumentative conversation featuring one horny young man trying to convince his reluctant mistress to give up her virginity to him before she gets old. He uses the argument that she needs to have sex now because her youth and beauty will fade as she ages. He thinks they should seize the moment because life is short and she would not want to die a virgin, and he will not want her when she gets old. The beginning of this poem tells the main argument, “Had we but world enough, and

The title "To His Coy Mistress" implies a certain falseness as the word coy is almost an insincere form of modest, it indicates that this mistress were indeed not coy rather falsely coy in order to gain assurance of his feelings towards her for her own validation. The first line "Had we but world enough, and time, This coyness lady were no crime." introduces the theme of time and lack of a crucial theme in the poem, the lover also accuses this coyness of being criminal by saying "HAD we but world enough and time, this coyness lady were no crime" implying that they do not have time therefore this coyness is a crime, this is clever use of irony which is also a constant theme throughout the poem. Marvell also uses soft alliteration such as "long loves" to lull the reader into believing his intentions honourable, he uses flattery all throughout the first section of the poem though he changes his tactics throughout the poem. The lover tries to create the image of himself as a committed patient lover with promises of waiting for her if she should travel to the "Indian Ganges" without complaint and

The poem “To My Coy Mistress” author Andrew Marvell try to convince a young lady to give him her virginity. Marvell illustrates the themes of time, love, lust, men and women. In his pursuit of his mistress Marvell uses different tones throughout the story as well as figurative language to connect to the readers . Time is a theme that is illustrated throughout the poem, and amount of time Marvell wants to spend with his mistress loving her, as well as courting her. The narrator of the story puts a time limit for the mistress to be indecisive with her feelings.

Between the two poems by Edgar Allen Poem, I chose the poem "Annabel Lee". He described their love like no other, a romantic love tale incomparable to others love. Mr. Poe’s love for Annabel is harmless and selfless, one love that many others desire to have. Love is almighty powerful and true love is hard to find. Edgar Allen Poe described his feelings very poetically, rhyming every line with dark and mysterious phrases, leaving others at the tip of their toes... His tone is dark but inspirational. Beginning and ending "Annabel Lee" is an exquisite and bittersweet poem. His poem ended in such sadness, envied by others of love so great and powerful. His tone is dark but inspirational. Edgar Allen Poe’s poem is read as genuine love, hard to

In the 1600’s when Andrew Marvell was alive, the estimated life expectancy was a lot shorter than it is in the present. Marvell’s poem “To His Coy Mistress” is a dramatic monologue about not having enough time in his life to enjoy his mistress. Even if he lived a longer life there would never be enough time. The poem as a whole consists of forty-six lines and is filled with imagery. The images that are invoked by the narrator are in no way ordinary in their description.

A large portion of the poems come from the elven race. The poems of the ancient race create a sense of longing and acceptance of fate, develop motifs of light, water, and stars, and show racial values of history and the journey across the sea. A sweeping theme among elven poetry is the sense of longing and acceptance of destiny. Whenever the fellowship is about to leave the elvish land Lothlorien, Galadriel sings of her desire to cross the sea to return to the land of the Valar. Her song, both a lament for her land of Lorien and a love song for the land across the sea, echoes a distinctive conflict among elves between staying in the land of Middle-Earth where they have built lives, fallen in love, and fought for good, and going on the last journey of their lives to their homeland across the sea (Tolkien,

During the 15 and 1600 's, love was a very common theme in much of the poetry written in that time period. Most including, and wearing out common cliches about love such as, "cheeks like roses" or, "hearts pierced by the arrows of love.". John Donne, a well known poet of that time period writes many poems about love, but none using all those tired, worn out cliches. Donne brings his poems to life using vivid imagery and "elaborately sustained metaphors known as "conceits"." (The Norton Anthology of English Literature, Vol. B 1260). In Donne 's poem "The Flea" the reader gets to see more of a funny and amusing love poem, while his poem "A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning" is more of a serious statement of his idea of spiritual love which he includes many brilliant metaphors. While both poems have the common theme of love, they are written very differently in language and form.

The great playwright Christopher Marlowe also wrote one of the most famous lyrical poems in British literature, "The Passionate Shepherd to His Love." In this pastoral portrait, Marlowe reveals the shepherd's desire for a certain young lady to be his love. In "The Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd," Sir Walter Raleigh voices the young lady's answer to this invitation. The two poems share the identical structures of rhyme scheme and meter. Also, the speakers share a similar desire for youthful love. However, these similarities are overshadowed by the differences in the author's backgrounds which, in turn, influence the starkly different characteristics of the speakers of the poems--their view of reality and their motive for love.

“The Passionate Shepherd to His Love” by Christopher Marlowe and “The Nymph’s Reply to the Shepherd” by Sir Walter Raleigh are two of numerous, prominent poems in the late sixteenth century. Both were written between 1590 and 1600, however, the exact years for each are somewhat ambiguous. Raleigh’s “The Passionate Shepherd . . . ” is classified as a pastoral poem due to its depiction of a natural setting and is also considered to be perhaps the most famous of all English pastoral works. Likewise, it is a carpe diem poem given its advocation to “seize the day” and to “live life to the fullest extent”—which often implied care-free, sexual behaviors. Conversely, there exists many sequels to it, the most relevant being Marlowe’s “The Nymph’s Reply . . . “ Marlowe’s speaker claims that the recipient should live with him so that they may pursue a variety of romantic activities. However, Raleigh’s speaker is significantly less optimistic and states that nothing is eternal, all shall succumb to aging, and that they would only live with him if life had no boundaries of time.

The cavalier poets came from the subservient class of the 17th century, who lived under the rule of King Charles I-- a monarch known for his enforcement of the creation and appreciation of art. Written in short, straight-to-the-point verses, cavalier poetry was casual and focused on witty commentary, eroticism, and the beauty of love and courtship. With this came straight forward and somewhat unequivocal imagery. One famous poet of this time was Ben Jonson. Jonson lived a simplistic life

The Passionate Shepherd To His Love; by Christopher Marlowe and The Nymph’s Reply To The Shepherd by: Sir. Walter Raleigh. The purpose of this writing is to compare and contrast the two speakers point of view in the poem. I will also be discussing the four major themes of the: Passionate Shepherd To His Love and The Nymph's reply To The Shepherd, such as nature, love, material world, and time. I will be using evidence and lines from the two pastoral poems to help support my answers.

Similar characteristics in both poems are the use of repetition in very distinct ways. Shakespeare repeats lines 2 and 3-6 in every stanza of It Was a Lover and His Lass, creating an enjoyable beat to his poem. Even though Shakespeare creates a good mood in this poem, it seems like more of a song more than an actual poem being that only

Marvell uses formal language to create his argument. It is utilized to create an argument that is both respectful to his mistress and one that sounds persuasive. With the use of the words “ Thou” , “Thy” and “Thus” the poem sounds more formal and clever. For example “Thy Beauty shall no more be found”(25). In this quote he is saying that her beauty will one day disappear from the this earth.