... making love. While reading the poem, I could not help but question if he is truly in love with her, why is he pressuring her to have sex with him? The poem begins with the man conveying how he would compliment every part of her if they had an endless amount of time but quickly transitions ... quot; in line 11 to demonstrate a slow, natural love between the two lovers. He then ends the first stanza with a metaphorical expression comparing her heart and sex. His use of numbers in lines 15 through 18 convey that if he had an endless amount of time, he would spend centuries complimenting ev...

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... no crime"(1-2) as though he was a victim of her reserved nature. Against her will, he uses reverse psychology to make her think that it is her fault for their nonexistent sex lives. Then, he implies that he would indeed love her "Till the conversion of the Jews," (10), but the narrator never directly says "forever." Instead, he uses phrases that conjure ... in winning her virginity as well. To illustrate, he says, "And tear our pleasures with rough strifeThorough the iron gates of life" (43-44) indicating that he believes sex is the route to another world. Additionally, the quote sugges...

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... can a man fill a woman's heart with empty promises and concepts and still walk proudly "through the iron gates of life" (line 44). The speaker's intentions are obvious to the reader; sex today and love tomorrow. Various forms of figurative language such as allegories, similes, symbolism, and metaphors represent the intentions of the speaker. Allegorical images of walking by "the Indian Ganges ... " side" (5) while waiting "two hundred years to adore each breast" (15) are logically impossible considering the time period's difficulty with travel and health. The use of simile contradicts th...

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... fill a woman's heart with empty promises and concepts and still walk proudly "through the iron gates of life" (line 44). The speaker's intentions are obvious to the reader; sex today and love tomorrow. Various forms of figurative language such as allegories, similes, symbolism, and metaphors represent the intentions of the speaker. Allegorical images of walking by "the Indian Ganges ... " side" (5) while waiting "two hundred years to adore each breast" (15) are logically impossible considering the time period's difficulty with travel and health. The use of simile contradicts the speakers ...

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... time directly. It is then reinforced through the following phrases such as "A 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." These lines symbolize the lack of time the lover has to show his mistress the adoration she ... but not getting anything from it. Part of the reason they had much different flow to each other is because of their subjects. When trying to persuade someone to have sex you are looking to bond and you provide many real reasons but however ...

• Word Count: 891
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• Grade Level: High School