The Seduction Eileen McAuley To His Coy Mistress Andrew Marvell Eileen

At first, I am going to discuss the poem Cousin Kate is it is the older one. It is based in the victoria area The main character is a ‘cottage maiden’ and this shows that she is lower class really young and unmarried. The maiden found a great lord who always gave her compliments as ‘praise my flaxen hair’ this makes it pretty obviously that he is really interested in her body and doesn't want this woman for life. I think that the young woman is sad and a bit angry at herself. We can see this in the 5th line as she is asking herself ‘why did a great lord find me out’.

During the 17th century, certain poets wrote poems with the specific purpose of persuading a woman to have sexual intercourse with them. Three of these seduction poems utilize several strategies to do this: Andrew Marvell’s “To His Coy Mistress,” and Donne’s “A Valediction: Forbidden Mourning” and “The Flea.” Some of the reasoning used by both poets is similar to the reasoning used today by men to convince women to have sexual intercourse with them. These gimmicks vary from poem to poem but coincide with modern day rationalization. The tactics used in 17th century seduction poems are relevant and similar to the seduction tactics used in the 21st century.

My essay is about two poems, one called the seduction by Eileen McAuley and Cousin Kate by Christina Rossetti. Both poems are about a woman's life that changed because of a man. At first, I am going to discuss the poem Cousin Kate is it is the older one. It is based in the Victoria area the main character is a ‘cottage maiden’ and this shows that she is lower class really young and unmarried. The maiden found a great lord who always gave her compliments as ‘praise my flaxen hair’ this makes it pretty obvious that he is really interested in her body and doesn't want this woman for life. I think that the young woman is sad and a bit angry at herself. We can see this on the 5th line as she is asking herself ‘why did a great lord find me out’.

In both “To the Virgins, To Make Much of Time” and “To His Coy Mistress” the topic of seduction is present. In Herrick’s poem the speaker urges the maidens to “be not coy…and while ye may, go marry” (13-14). The speaker suggests to the young maidens that being coy will postpone any prospects of marrying young. The speaker encourages these young women to use their youth, beauty, and femininity and seduce a possible suitor. He implies that being excessively flirtatious without the result of marriage will leave unmarried and miserable. The speaker is not only instructing the virgins to seduce but seduce with marriage in mind. Unlike Herrick’s seduction with the intent of marriage, Marvell’s speaker seduces his lover without the thought of marriage.

Andrew Marvell’s poem “To His Coy Mistress,” originally published in 1681, encompasses the Carpe Diem ideology through a dramatic monologue in which the narrator speaks to his “coy mistress.” While the poem uses literary devices to illustrate the recurring theme outlining time’s limitations and that the narrator and his mistress need to have sex immediately, it also contrasts with the Petrarchan standard of the idealized woman. Within the first 24 lines of the poem, Marvell uses diction, literary devices such as the erotic blazon and enjambment, and iambic tetrameter rhythm to prove that people cannot control time, time goes on and will eventually end, and women should refrain from reluctance and have sex with men

‘To His Coy Mistress’ Is a love poem by Andrew Marvel. The poem is ‘carpe diem’ which translates to seize the day, this means the poem does not take its time its blunt and straight to the point. The poem contains a thesis, antithesis and synthesis, the main argument points of the poem. The poem is split into three stanza’s which are used to persuade the woman to give up her virginity before her beauty dies. It is a conventional poem for its time in the 17th century.

The Poet's Treatment of Seduction in To His Coy Mistress by Andrew Marvell and The Passionate Shepherd To His Love by Christopher Marlowe

Andrew Marvell’s poem “To His Coy Mistress,” originally published in 1681, encompasses the Carpe Diem ideology through a dramatic monologue in which the narrator speaks to his “coy mistress.” While the poem uses literary devices to illustrate the recurring theme outlining time’s limitations and that the narrator and his mistress need to have sex immediately, it also contrasts with the Petrarchan standard of the idealized woman. Within the first 24 lines of the poem, Marvell uses diction, literary devices such as the erotic blazon and enjambment, and iambic tetrameter rhythm to prove that people cannot control time, time goes on and will eventually end, and women should refrain from reluctance and have sex with men while they still can.

Lurie in ‘Disgrace’ uses poetic language forms and phrases with his attempt to lure Melanie into his seduction; he is fixated on her physical attributes stating that “a woman’s beauty does not belong to her alone”. This could be considered as an attempt to

Andrew Marvell wrote a unique love poem in “To His Coy Mistress,” as this poem expresses far more than one might expect or even perceive upon the first reading. Enveloped in this ode to a cherished muse are expressions of the “carpe diem” philosophy, laments about the impending doom of death, and hopes to transcend contemporary abilities to live forever in the love of another. While Marvell’s primary purpose in writing this piece may have been to woo a young maiden, he made a far more significant contribution to the era’s literary culture in the process.

In this assignment I shall be analysing ‘The Seduction’ by Eileen McAuley. It is about a girl who got seduced by a boy/man. It all started at a party where she met him, one thing led to another. She is now three months gone and looking back on how she messed up in her life. ‘So she cried that she had missed all the innocence around her’. This is a quote showing she is looking and thinking of what she has missed. But now she has to start a new life as a young mother with no father of the child to be around and care.

My essay is about two poems one called the seduction by Eileen McAuley and cousin Kate by Christina Rossetti. Both poems are about a woman's life that changed because of a man. At first, I am going to discuss the poem Cousin Kate is it is the older one. It is based in the Victoria area The main character is a ‘cottage maiden’ and this shows that she is lower class really young and unmarried. The maiden found a great lord who always gave her compliments as ‘praise my flaxen hair’ this makes it pretty obviously that he is really interested in her body and doesn't want this woman for life. I think that the young woman is sad and a bit angry at herself. We can see this in the 5th line as she is asking herself ‘why did a great lord find me out’.

To his coy mistress, a poem written by Andrew Marvell, who tries to persuade a women(unknown) to sleep with him. In this poem Marvell uses many powerful poetic techniques such as imagery, rhetorical questions, paradoxes and metaphors, all these techniques were used throughout the poem to set an atmosphere. Marvell uses imagery to create the atmosphere of the personality and character of the young man.

In "To His Coy Mistress" by Andrew Marvell, the nameless character and speaker in the poem eagerly wants to confront the demands of his private passion with his "coy mistress", but runs into the issue of his mistress being too shy to engage in his private passion. Because of this, the character creates a dramatic argument to win her over by bringing up the issue of fleeting time. The significance of the nature of the conflict creates a passionate and mesmerizing poem that has the potential to help the coy mistress overcome her shyness.