"To His Coy Mistress" by Andrew Marvell is an unnamed man's proposal to his coy mistress to sleep with him. When the mistress does not give in to the lover's persuasive pleas while playing to her romantic sensibilities, he attempts to frighten her with the reality of the nearness of death. The lover uses this theme of carpe diem in his argument by trying to convince his lover to be with him by telling her of what little time they have, and because of this scarcity of time, they must be together now while they have the chance to. In other words they must "seize the day" while they still have time.
In the first stanza of the poem the male speaker begins his seduction by telling her of all the wonderful things they could do if only they had enough time. He ironically gives them impossibly long stretches of time in which they have to spend together, "I would love you ten years before the flood, and as you should, if you please, refuse till the conversion of the Jews," he proclaims. He then speaks of how his "vegetable love" would grow slowly with time and how he would use this infinite amount of time that they have to treasure her and shower her with beautiful compliments. He explains to her that she deserves nothing but the best and assures her that if they had the time, he would have courted her and done all of these wonderful, romantic things, but unfortunately they do not.
The lover then abruptly pulls his mistress out of this romantic world of ever lasting love and beautiful compliments and takes her to the "deserts of vast eternity" where the mistress's beauty and therefore appeal is all lost. His desperation increases as he pleads for his lover to understand that death is oh so near! "But at my back I always hear Time's winged chariot hurrying near," he shows her the bleak reality that is the fleetingness of life. He attempts to scare her by describing disturbing images of worms attempting to steal the lifeless body of the mistress's "long preserved virginity.
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Sharing the carpe diem theme, Marlow's "The Passionate Shepherd to His Love" and Herrick's "To the Virgins, To Make Much of Time" vary in similarities and differences in subject, theme, tone, sound, and figures of speech when compared to Marvell's "To His Coy Mistress." "The Passionate Shepherd to His Love" and "To His Coy Mistress" share like and unlike characteristics. ... The themes differ with "To His Coy Mistress" following the Roman "Carpe Diem" theme while "The Passionate Shepherd to His Love" follows a more pastoral theme. ... "To His Coy Mistress" and "To the Virgin...
In Andrew Marvell's "To His Coy Mistress", the speaker uses the fourteenth century poetic mode of patriarchal convention to emphasis the themes of insult and irrationality. The themes are communicated through various forms of figurative language, different types of poetic form, and subconscious propaganda that is emitted from the carpe diem tradition. ... In Andrew Marvell's "To His Coy Mistress", the speaker uses the fourteenth century poetic mode of patriarchal convention to emphasis the themes of insult and irrationality. ... Hormones drive the context of carpe diem poetry; for th...
In a thorough analysis, one can clearly justify that the poem " To His Coy Mistress" by Andrew Marvell is a work which delivers a clear theme of carpe diem... " To His Coy Mistress" is narrated by a young man heated with passion who is speaking to his mistress. ... Finally, he persuades his mistress to make the most of their love whilst they can carpe diem. ... Though Andrew Marvell works with the theme of carpe diem, his modifications to it are well considered. In " To His Coy Mistress", Marvell makes use of allusion, metaphor, and imagery in order to innovatively explicate the carpe die...
Sasha Capelli In Andrew Marvell's "To His Coy Mistress," the 'carpe diem" theme is stressed throughout the poem and it is divided into three segments. Carpe diem is Latin for "seize the day" and urges someone to take advantage of present opportunities (usually of love) in view of time's rapid passage. ... The repeated use of the word "now" (lines 33, 37 and 38) exemplifies the carpe diem theme and evokes a sense of immediate action. ... These three depictions of time give this poem a very touching element and reiterate the carpe diem theme. ... "To His Coy Mistress." ...
A Simple, Passionate and Sublime Request in Pursuit of Happiness: an in depth look at Andrew Marvell's "To His Coy Mistress" Many writers have attempted to write poetry alluding to the common phrase, Carpe Diem, seize the moment. ... Marvell uses this imagery and metaphor to display how Carpe Diem is almost like a war, in that you must cherish every second because you never know when "Time's winged chariot" may run you over. ... At this arrival, Marvell sums up the idea of Carpe Diem with another beautiful image and personification, "Thus, though we cannot make our sun/ Stan...
