Anaylsis of To His Coy Mistress by Andrew Marvell Essay -- To His Coy

This poem has been written in the form of a request to the poets coy (or shy) mistress, the study his desire for them to make love. He argues that for to delay makes no sense because at my back I always hear/times winged chariot hurrying along near. untold of his argument is made through a series of hyperbole (h-p rb-l) A figure of speech in which exaggeration is used for emphasis or effect, as in I could sleep for a year or This book weighs a ton. Here he is describing how slow they could move to consummate their love if in that location were no pressure of time. As all Cavalier poets, he supports the statement of carpe diem, or seize the day, that is an extension to the Renaissance code of chivalry. Today, the speakers speech whitethorn seem sexist in its attitude toward women and irresponsible in its attitude toward the coy mistress (the speaker doesnt explain how he would seize the day if the charwoman became pregnant, for example). The mistress would like to postpone sex (t heoretically until she and the speaker are married). The speaker wants to consummate their physical relationship now.The poems speaker is attempting to persuade His Coy Mistress to have sex with him. The speaker seems frustrated, impatient, and to feel a sense of urgency in pursuing this goal.Although the rhyme scheme of the poem follows a simple couplet posture (AA, BB, and so on), two couplets use slant or irregular rhyme, not simply to vary the monotonous pattern but to reinforce the poems theme. Lines 23 and 24 use the approximate rhyme lie/eternity lines 27 and 28 repeat this irregularity try/virginity. The poet uses pauses and enjambment (running one line into the next without a pause) to break up the neat pattern that the couplet rhyme scheme ... ...ense of urgency and dread if the man does not get what he wants. Form couplets 5. gang up (gnjz) A river of northern India and Bangladesh rising in the Himalayan Mountains 7. Humber Hull, where Marvell lived as a boy, and whi ch he represented as an M.P. for nearly twenty years from 1659, is on the river Humber. 10. The transformation of the Jews was to take place just before the end of the world. 11. vegetable love that of his vegetable soul. 29. quaint elegant, artificial. 34. dew. The original reading is glew, which has been justified as meaning glow. 36. instant straightaway and urgent. 38. amorous (mr-s) 1.Strongly attracted or disposed to love, especially sexual love. 2.Indicative of love or sexual desire an amorous glance. 3.Of or associated with love an amorous poem40. slow-chappd i.e., with slow-devouring jaws.