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Ananlysis Of Andrew Marvell Coy Mistress
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Ananlysis Of Andrew Marvell Coy Mistress |
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448 |
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Ananlysis Of Andrew Marvell Coy Mistress
Andrew Marvell attempts to win his “Coy Mistress” over and ultimately convince her into unleashing her passion and turning over her virginity. He is playing on a women’s vulnerability of love and admiration, fear of the loss of beauty and youthfulness and ultimately he clinches his argument by appealing to passion and lust. He is displaying a sense of urgency, to further his persuasion and has placed limitations on the availability of time in order to increase pressure.
In Marvell’s first stanza, he appeals to his mistress by painting a vivid picture of love and courting that would take place if time where available. There are no limitations in his first attempt at persuasion “vaster than empires and more slow”. The imagery used of adoring of her eyes and breasts, the passing of their “long loves day” and her “deserving” of this love are purely to convincingly permit her to see him as a gentleman, sincere in his affection.
The author then turns into his second argument or tactic of urging that is less “genteel”(Evans) and “more graphic”(Evans), as he seems to become increasingly desperate. In the second stanza he is using fear, almost threatening her, as he portrays what would happen if they allowed time to run out. He warns “her beauty shall no more be found” and alludes to
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