... is and the dangers of waiting too long to obtain something. He says that "her long preserved virginity, and her quaint honor will turn to dust" and his own lust will turn to ashes. In the last stanza the speaker urges his coy mistress to promptly comply so that they can make use of the little time they have ... more slow;" exaggerates how much love he would develop for the lady over time. From line 13 to 18, "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 ... w...

• Word Count: 1363
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

... " 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 own concept of forever lasting love when he offers his lady to act "like amorous birds of prey" (38) and act upon primal instincts, which is suggestive of participating in savage ... accolades. The blazon, a verbal array of the woman's physical qualities, does not aid the speaker, but only insults the lady's intelligence. In the effort to acknowledge beauty by complementing her "thine e...

• Word Count: 911
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... 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...

• Word Count: 1243
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... 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...

• Word Count: 1553
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

... " 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 own concept of forever lasting love when he offers his lady to act "like amorous birds of prey" (38) and act upon primal instincts, which is suggestive of participating in savage ... accolades. The blazon, a verbal array of the woman's physical qualities, does not aid the speaker, but only insults the lady's intelligence. In the effort to acknowledge beauty by complementing her "thine e...

• Word Count: 917
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate