Many poems have been written about the lives of woman and struggle of love they went through. Two of them are "To His Coy Mistress" written by Andrew Marvell and Robert Browning's "My Last Duchess." There are some similarities, as well as differences in their attitude toward women. "To His Coy Mistress" values women and their love they give, while "My Last Duchess" totally degrades the role of women in society.
             "To His Coy Mistress" is an invitation to love, while "My Last Duchess" degrades them. In Marvell's poem, he expresses his love by saying, "Lady, you deserve this state, Nor would I love at lower rate" (Lines 19-20). This shows that he do and give anything for her love. He explains that she deserves much more than she is given even though she is coy, and his love for her would always be there. Browning, on the other hand says his mistress has "A heart...to soon made glad, too easily impressed; she liked wate'er she looked on" (Lines 22-24, "My..."). Here he disrespects the feelings of a woman saying that it doesn't matter what they get from their lovers because they will like anything that is given to them, saying there all materialistic.
             The speaker in "To His Coy Mistress" is speaking to his love while the speaker in "My Last Duchess" is speaking to another male. Andrew Marvell tells his love, "I would Love you ten years before the Flood" (Lines 7-8). This tells the reader on how long he will love her. Browning tells the man whom he is speaking with that "His fair daughter's self...is my object. Nay, we'll go together down, sir" (Lines 52-53). He says it as if he owns the women by his use of the word "my." He also calls her an object and tells the man that they will never be put down, meaning men, in the same level a
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