... last forever. In this metaphorical reality, years seem to pass as minutes and the man allocates hundreds of years to adore his love: "An hundred years should go to praise Thine eyes, and on thy forehead gaze; Two hundred to adore each breast, But thirty thousand to the rest;" This system of time refers to the myth of love being an ... indeed not reality but what should be or what could be. In response to this world of eternity, Marvell places the second stanza which begins with a word which by its own can define the implication of that eternal love is only a myth; "But": "But at my back...

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... you should, if you please, refuse Till the conversion of the Jews. My vegetable love would grow Vaster than empires, and more slow. An hundred years should go to praise Thine eyes and on thy forehead gaze; Two hundred to adore each breast, But thirty thousand to the rest. An age at least to every part, And the last age should ... ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I - I took the one less travelled by, And that has made all the difference. I love this poem because it is my own discovery. I discovered it when I was very young but I knew it was a gem. In the words of my...

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... if the poem is intended as a satire) very traditional, romantic language and is complimentary throughout, such as My vegetable love should grow' and An hundred years should go to praise Thine eyes '. In this section of the poem love is represented as a beautiful thing that can last forever. He reinforces this point with near constant references to time, many of which ... the poets life however, it is impossible to tell just hoe he intended to characterize love, and so, as is often the case with poetry, the reader will see their own interpretation. In conclusion, while only two poems hav...

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