To His Coy Mistress

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To His Coy Mistress The poem, To His Coy Mistress, by Andrew Marvell brings out some actions that some of us have experienced or even thought about in this concise poem. This poem is very appealing to the male senses and what some make are like. Some women could be thought of when this is read. Andrew Marvell puts it in words that make it seem as if it was very acceptable. In stanza one Mark Taylor stated that “thou” and “you” appear interchangeable: “Thou by the Indian Ganges side/ Shouldst rubies find” and “An hundred years should go to praise/ Thine eye, and on the forehead gaze” but “I would/love you ten years before the flood/ and you should, if you please, refuse,” “And the last age should show your heart,” and “Lady, you deserve this state.” (Taylor, Mark The Explicator. Washington). The first twenty lines of the poem start to talk about how much this girl means to this particular man. Time is depicted in three different manners. First, Marvell uses "ideal time." In ideal time, he tells how many years he would spend loving her if they were given the opportunity. He explains to his mistress that if time allowed, he would spend hundreds of years just to admire her physical being. Next, he implicates “real time,” to persuade her to become accessible to him. In real time, Marvell gives examples of her aging and how she will go to the grave with her pride if she doesn't give in. The main character in the poem talks about how he will wait forever to be with her. He mentions that “We would sit down and think which way to walk and pass our long love’s day.” (st. 3-4) His views as of now are that he wants to take his time and he doesn’t have go anywhere. This man certainly wants to plan things out so that it will be perfect. Another line from the poem that makes him the gentleman that he is portraying to be is “An hundred years should go to praise
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