To His Coy Mistress By Andrew Marvell

Herrick’s poem is a warning to young, beautiful, unmarried women to make the most of their time and marry young. He does not address it to any particular woman, other than young virgins. He uses to metaphor to compare the women's youthful beauty to flowers that will begin to die as they age. Meanwhile, Marvell's poem is a bit more personal. It's actually a seduction poem and the narrator is speaking directly to his coy (shy) mistress. He is basically

Both the poems have the theme of love, written from a man’s point of view, and explores the way men treat woman in relationships. The former does this by a male narrator writing a poem to a female, using imagery to entice her. The latter by using a duke, explaining the story of what happened to his previous wife whilst looking at her picture. Both the poems use imagery and other poetic devices but in different ways. The first uses them more often to impress her. The second uses them in a

Out of all of the stories and poems in the history of the world, many of them will have similarities and differences. Merriman conveys, “If human life were not limited by space and time, the beloved’s coyness would not harm the lover and the beloved. They would sit and plan how to pass their long time.” The poem “To His Coy Mistress” by Andrew Marvell is all about a man trying to convince a woman to do something she doesn’t really want to do. The poem “To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time” by Robert Herrick is about a man talking to many woman not to die without living. In the poems “To His Coy Mistress” by Andrew Marvell and “To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time” by Robert Herrick there are many comparison to be made.

(Compare and Contrast Between the Poems To His Coy Mistress by Andrew Marvell and To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time by Robert Herrick)

The rhyme and meter of “To Virgins” is fairly simple, just like the message the poem conveys.

The poems, La Bell Dame sans Merci by John Keats and My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the Sun by William Shakespeare are similar since they both are about being in love with someone regardless of beauty or size. In the first line in each of the poems is positive and suddenly contrasted with something negative. The differences between the poems is the message theme and tone which is conveyed through the use of literary devices and techniques. The love in the Shakespeare poem is stronger in the end admitting he loves his mistress, no matter what she looks like with emotions he says “I think my love is rare”. The name of the poem is the first indicator of the tone of the poem. In the first line, “mistresses eyes are nothing like the sun” begins

Both poems use different tools to describe emotions; both authors use double meaning, hyperbole, repetition, and irony. Both poems talk about love in different ways. One is remembering the loved one and the other one is trying to convince herself to be strong because that beloved person is not there

Both poems share a story of a type of love, one is a love for numerous people front their past and the other is a love for someone who was very close and dear to their heart that died. In both poems, they each felt grief. Another similarity share in each is that the characters do not feel that they will feel love again. The two poems used many different symbols to express a deeper meaning of their grief. Both characters arrive at the same conclusion when reflecting on the ones they loved; a life lived without meaning is

In this poem, Marvell is writing from the perspective of a man urging his lover to make love to him while they are still young. He uses an AA, BB, CC, and so on rhythmic pattern throughout this poem. In the first stanza, “vegetable love” (11) is used in a metaphorical manner to demonstrate slow and steadily growing love. In line two, “This coyness, lady, were no crime” (2) we see that the woman could be modest, if only they had more time. In the second stanza, the speaker says time is running out.

There are many similarities and differences between the themes of “ The Heart of a Woman” and “I Sit by the Fire and Think”. The two poems have a similarity which is the passage of time. Both poems also have some differences which is time, age, and trapped different ways. In both poems both are trapped in a time.

In both poems, To the virgins, to make much time and Song both present the theme of Carpe Diem which refers to seize the day. Yet, both share different ideas and are written in styles. One poem uses more effectively the theme of Carpe Diem than the other poem.

The rhyme scheme of “Mistress” follows a standard rhyming couplet pattern, though a few of the lines are irregular. Lines 23 and 24 rhyme "lie" with "eternity," and lines 27 and 28 rhyme "try" with "virginity." It is interesting to note that lie rhymes with try, just as eternity rhymes with virginity. Marvell used this technique to change up the systemic flow of the rest of the poem. By doing this, the symbolism present have a greater impact on the reader. Images of "deserts of vast eternity" and "virginity" together instill the idea that it will be difficult to prolong virginity.

Before any declarations of desire are made, Andrew Marvell establishes himself and the speaker of his poem, To his Coy Mistress, as two separate figures by the use of the pronoun “his” in the title. This detachment suggests that a critique will follow. A close reading of the poem reveals, perhaps not by accident, many shortcomings of the unnamed speaker.

Both poems begin with a maiden trapped. Much like the fairy tale princess, Rapunzel, in Keats poem, “The Lady of Shalott” the lady is isolated and stationary in her tower, (Rochester) forbidden from seeing the world outside of her tower except by looking through a mirror. We do not know how she ended up trapped in this tower, but we know that she yearns for a life of freedom and love. While Madeline is not locked away in a tower, the main character in Keats poem “The Eve of St Agnes”, she is kept in the castle away from the man she loves, Porphyro. Madeline too yearns for love, but her family hates Porphyro’s family and would kill him if he ever came to the

These two works are written in the early 19s century and all win their reputations after several decades of keeping quiet but they show us two totally different female images no