Essays on Andrew Marvell

William Shakespeare considered the greatest English writer has developed a vast work, approaching various themes in the plays or poems that he created. Another highly appreciated English poet is Andrew Marvell, who besides poetry was also a politician, which is visible in his work, as many poems approach politics as the main theme. This paper takes a closer look at the two poets’ literary works, focusing on two of their poems, respectively “Sonnet 18: Shall I compare Thee to a Summer Day” (William Shakespeare) and “The Garden” (Andrew Marvell), identifying the common themes between the two poems, depicting other similarities, as ...

The metaphysical poets John Donne and Andrew Marvell were two of the most known and most influential people with regards to metaphysical poetry. Although for the case of Marvell, it was only until after he died when his poems were published. Thus, it is only right that this discussion on metaphysical poetry be an analysis and literary assessment of their works. I have acquired two poems to discuss in this paper of comparison which are John Donne’s “The Flea” and Marvell’s “To His Coy Mistress” and see what defines these works as metaphysical and what ...

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“Poetry is a literary genre that although may sometimes be difficult to grasp, when taken the time to analyze and understand, is able to lead the reader through endless paths of enlightenment. Poetry is derived from the Greek word poiesis means "making". Poetry is a form of literary art which uses aesthetic and rhythmic qualities of language to evoke meanings or emotions if the individual. History of poetry is long and dates back to the Sumerian Epic of Gilgamesh .Early poems were evolved from folk songs such as the Chinese Shijing, or from a need to retell oral epics, as with ...

The aim of this essay is to present you with the reflections drawn upon the reading of the poem ‘A dialogue between the Soul and the Body’ which was written by Andrew Marvell and published after his death in 1681. Andrew Marvell is considered to be one of the representative poets of Metaphysical poetry. Metaphysical poetry which arose within the 17th century is a field of poetry which is characterized by specific characteristics of a so-called metaphysical nature. Poets focus on using symbols and conceits in order to approach issues and questions related to the metaphysical nature of human life. Humans ...

Presentation and evaluation of three critical approaches to the poem ‘To His Coy Mistress’ by Andrew Marvell – Analysis of each one of these approaches according to the socio-historical context of the era in which each approach was developed – Reflections drawn upon these three approaches and personal conclusion upon their validity [The author’s name]

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This research paper will present you with three critical approaches of the existing ones as far as the analysis and interpretation of the poem ‘To His Coy Mistress’ is concerned. The poem was written by Andrew Marvell in the 1650s, which is a literary period ‘ ...

“Valediction: Forbidding Mourning” and “To His Coy Mistress” are metaphysical poems, and no doubt, both are love poems too. However, there is a major difference between these two poems. They are as follows: in “ Valediction: Forbidding Mourning,” Donne compared the separation of lovers as departing from each other and stay away, whereas in “To His Coy Mistress,” Andrew Marvell compares the separation of lovers to death. In John Donne’s “A Valediction Forbidding Mourning,” a man is bidding farewell to his ladylove as he prepares to leave. The man’s profound love for his ladylove is apparent in the poem that ...

The Moment of Eternity

Time is the greatest gift human being has been ever given. It gives us an opportunity to evolve, to appreciate the moment of our existence and to separate past, present and future. It gives love and sexuality an opportunity to develop into something new and strong – new life – continuation of humanity. On the other hand, time is the greatest foe of human race, because it characterizes the process of dying, decay, destruction and final ending of human existence. Time also steals youth, strength, love and beauty. It slowly deprives us of ourselves. The aim of the present essay is to ...

“The Coy Mistress” and “Corinna’s going A-Maying” Judging from the structure of the two poems, at first glance they seem to be very different; however, but in terms of context we can conclude that the stories beneath the works are almost alike. To compare the poems we must look at the technical side of the contents and how the meanings were delivered by the sentence structure. In the first poem entitled “The Coy Mistress” that was written by Andrew Marvell it goes about a woman who is quite slow in responding to the author’s sexual advances, and ...

“To His Coy Mistress” by Andrew Marvell and “My Last Duchess” by Robert Browning

Power and Desire in a Man’s World

Although these two poems share certain superficial similarities, they are very different in method, tone, subject matter and overall effect. Both poems deal with a relationship between a man and a woman; in both poems the speaker is a man; and in both poems the woman who is addressed in “To His Coy Mistress” and the woman who is spoken about in “My Last Duchess” are not given a voice at all. Indeed, from a feminist perspective the titles of both poems – because they use the possessive adjective “my” - could ...

Essay on “The Coy Mistress” and “Corinna’s going A-Maying” Poems Judging from the structure of the two poems at first glance they look very much different but in terms of context we can conclude that the stories beneath the words are almost alike. To compare the poems we must look at the technical side of the contents and how the meanings were delivered by the sentence structure. First the poem “The Coy Mistress” written by Andrew Marvell talks about a woman who is quite slow in responding to the author’s sexual advances. At the first part of ...

‘To His Coy Mistress’ by Andrew Marvell

My favourite poem in the English canon is ‘To His Coy Mistress’ by Andrew Marvell, written, most scholars agree, around 1649, when Marvell was employed as a tutor to Maria Fairfax, the daughter of Sir Thomas Fairfax, commander-in-chief of the Parliamentary Army during the recent Civil War between the King and Parliament, but only published posthumously. It is a poem that is often found in anthologies, both for schools and colleges, all around the English-speaking world. Marvell wrote many other lyric poems, but most readers know his work only by this poem. It is my favourite because its imagery and ...

The main theme of ‘To His Coy Mistress’ by Andrew Marvell is known by the Latin phrase ‘Carpe diem.’ This means ‘Seize the day’; in other words, live life to the full now, because life is short and tomorrow we may be dead. It was a very common theme for poets to write about in the 16th and 17th centuries, perhaps because life and death were more unpredictable, life expectancy was shorter and medical knowledge very primitive. Another notable feature of this poem is its syllogistic structure: it is a carefully constructed argument. The first verse paragraph presents one possible scenario; ...

To His Coy Mistress – Poem Explication

In the Andrew Marvell poem “To His Coy Mistress,” the speaker is attempting to woo a woman who does not return his advances. His ultimate argument, told over three stanzas, is that life is short and they must make the most of it.

The first stanza focuses on the man’s desire to explore every aspect of their love throughout all time, if they had it. The opening phrase “had we but world enough and time” is the most well known of this poem, and has entered the cultural lexicon as an expression of the lament that that we do ...

Analysis of the poem “To His Coy Mistress” By: Andrew Marvell

The poem “To His Coy Mistress” By: Andrew Marvell is a lyrical poem. It can also be classified as a metaphysical poem which is a brief, intense meditations employing wit, irony and elaborate comparisons. The speaker is requesting that the coy lady yield to hi passion. The poem is split into three radical parts. The first stanza describes the writer’s great feelings of love for a young lady. The second stanza shows how time is fading very fast by using words like “fading of beauty and death.” The third stanza presses the question to the mistress whether she will accept the writer’ ...