Marvell vs Herrick

             During the 17th century the style of writing was changing from poems about death to ones whose subject was about love and passionate with women. This kind of writing is also known as carpe diem. Robert Herrick and Andrew Marvell were two of the first carpe diem poets. Although their styles were similar their subjects differed. Both poets who have chosen women for their sex appeal and ultimately their intention was to get them in beds. While these poems are focus on fantasizing sex, their variety of charm, and reminding the importance of time in which poets can accomplished to efforts to seduce the women.
             Speakers describe their love as a magnificent expanse towards fantasizing and having a sex with woman in very passionate way. In To His Coy Mistress, Marvell writes, "Had we but world...were no crime." [1-2]. This is metaphor saying if they had all the time in the world to spend magnificent and remarkable time together that he would not be worried about to getting married right away. Herrick says in To the Virgins, To Make Much of Time, "And this same flower that smile today, Tomorrow will be dying." [3-4]. This means that whatever man likes a girl today, tomorrow may like somebody else. Both Marvell and Herrick's poem are in the form of an argument, they are trying to convince their women in the poems to persuade for sex and forget about their morals. Yet Marvell referred indirectly to such excessive appeal to his female to confront this tradition of love. Marvell is addressing his mistress personally to convince her to become intimate with him. However, Herrick's poem is refers to all virgin girls for his own fantasizing dream to have sex with men.
             The speakers describe their love as an impressive event with variety of charm and lure, a romance that exist alongside when their women are youth. Both poets also used sensational image towards their live and their appeal. Marvell highlighted his mistre...

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