To His Coy Mistress
Compare and Contrast “To His Coy Mistress” By John Donne.
“To His Coy Mistress” and “ To His Mistress Going to bed” are two poems that feature “carpe diem”; they are also written by two of the most well known metaphysical poets. Andrew Marvell, the author of “To
His Coy Mistress” and John Donne, the writer of “To His Mistress Going
To Bed”. Both poems were written through the 16th and 17th Century, where love and sex were describe as two different things. 16th and 17th century attitudes to love and relationship were much stricter than in the 21st Century, as wealthy men who wished to court a woman, would need to use the convention of writing a letter or a poem to try and win her over. This is precisely
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They use flattery as it makes the women feel comfortable with them. Each poet refers to their women using jewels, making the woman feel rich and exquisite. In John
Donne’s poem, “ Jems which you women use are like Atlanta’s balls, cast in mens views, that when a fools eye lighteth on Jem.” Donne could be referring to the lady in the poem or he could just be using this phrase as an act of imagery. It is an illusion to a suitor who in a race (Atlanta-Goddess), cast golden balls to delay her, but in this poem the sex is reversed. “Should’st rubies find: I by the tide of
Humber would complain.” was written in Andrew Marvell’s poem. He uses this to get her into the mood, giving her luxurious images.
Donne and Marvell each use exaggeration in their poems, though Donne’s is more believable than Marvell. “ A hundred years should go to praise thine eyes, and on thy forehead gaze.” taken from Marvell’s poem.
“How blest am I in this discovering thee! To enter in these bonds, is to be free”. I think that the fact that Donne’s is more believable, it makes the woman feel moved loved and appreciates.
Each poem has imagery, which sets a romantic setting to their poems.
Marvell talks about the Indian Ganges, “Thou by the Indian Ganges”, he uses this to get her into the mood of having sex with him. Donne uses it when the woman is releasing her gown, “Your gown going off, such
fate of the lovers will be, as well as the state of his own feelings
be seen by the way he uses words like “Had we” and “we would”. This is
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And since he was her "Master"(possibly a lover, or another male who plays a significant role in her life, liken her father?), he decided to use her to express her purpose. Maybe her purpose is poetry. The poet experiences herself as loaded gun, imperious energy. Yet without the "Master", the possessor, she is merely lethal.
refering directing it for women. The poem comes off as sexual. its hard to tell weather she is
attention of this mistress so that he can scare her and rush her into making a
Andrew Marvell writes an elaborate poem that not only speaks to his coy mistress but also to the reader. He suggests to his coy mistress that time is inevitably ticking and that he (the speaker) wishes for her to act upon his wish and have a sexual relationship. Marvell simultaneously suggest to the reader that he/she must act upon their desires, to hesitate no longer and ³seize the moment?before time expires. Marvell uses a dramatic sense of imagery and exaggeration in order to relay his message to the reader and to his coy mistress. The very first two lines of the poem suggest that it would be fine for him and his mistress to have a slow and absorbing relationship but there simply isn¹t enough
The notion of time is used as the basis for the argument in 'To his
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