... ;instant fires." This is not literal fire on her skin, but it's rather used to describe how the feeling of lustful desire is like heat. In line 26, "marble vault" is being used as a euphemism to describe the death of his beautiful lady and her grave; however, he does this in a decent and indirect manner. In line 31 ... ," the grave's a fine and private place," he uses euphemism to describe privacy and loneliness of the marble vault, which he mentioned earlier in line 26. In line 44, "iron gates of life" is a metaphor used to describe all the obstructions and circumstances beyond his contr...

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... personifies time to describe how swiftly it flies by. The speaker then continues to make jokes regarding the woman's virginity: Thy beauty shall no more be found, Nor, in thy marble vault, shall sound My echoing song: then worms shall try That long preserved virginity, And your quaint honor turn to dust, And into ashes all my lust (25-30). Inside ... ...

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... a troubadour-esque wooing into a troubling threat. He warns her that one day, "they beauty shall no more be found" and if she does not act soon, she will die in a marble vault where only worms will take her virginity (435, 436). The image of a woman with worms crawling through her untouched skin is morbid and completely out of context if it ... ...

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... at my back I always hear time's winged chariot hurrying near; and yonder all before us lie deserts of vast eternity. Thy beauty shall no more be found, nor, in they marble vault, shall sound my echoing song; then worms shall try ." All these poems did not have as much similarities as they had in differences. Since they are written by two ... ...

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... my back I always hear Time's wingëd chariot hurrying near; And yonder all before us lie Deserts of vast eternity. Thy beauty shall no more be found, Nor, in my marble vault, shall sound My echoing song: then worms shall try That long preserved virginity, And your quaint honour turn to dust, And into ashes all my lust. The grave's a fine ... ...

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