To His Coy Mistress
A young man is persuading his loved lady into accepting his love considering the short lifetime.± The theme of this poem is not new, but Andrew Marvell is unique in the selection and development of images and structuring of the poem. More important, in the words of poet T. S. Eliot, Marvell gives voice to his violent passion by his tough reasoning competence beneath slight lyric grace. In the first stanza, Andrew Marvell gives a delicate account to courtly love, by extending love into unlimited time and space. For, Lady, you des
Then the introduction of death adds to the intense ambience and solemnness of the poem. Besides, at this point the development of images greatly changes. erve this state, nor would I love at lower rate. With the iron gates of restriction around, there is only one way out for unfettered love. The grave's a fine and private place, but none, I think, do there embrace. In short, it is striving for love that could defeat time, space and death. That is rolling together all strength against barriers; that is indulging in sweetness and pleasures as if there is only two on the earth; that is leaving far behind the limitation of space and enjoying love as it goes. Naturally in the following stanza, the poet is to lay out the solution: to sport us while we may±. Meanwhile, the conflict climbs onto the peak. Thus comes into the limelight the poem's climate. ± Through brilliant imagination, Marvell inosculates four centric imagesªtime, space, death and love right into these two lines. Down to the second stanza, the poet wakes up to the comparatively transitory life. Arguably, Andrew Marvell masterfully combines metaphysical style and idyllic one. As for the style of this poem, lines about amorous birds, slow-chapt and the like outstandingly release the scent of the metaphysical thinking; and Indian Ganges, Humber, vegetable and morning dew, etc somewhat bring this poem onto the track of idyll.
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