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This 4 page paper discusses some of the techniques, and the meaning of Marvell’s well-known poem “To His Coy Mistress.” Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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paper considers some of the figures of speech and techniques that Marvell used to compose his masterpiece. Discussion The meaning of the poem is refreshingly simple, compared to some of
the abstruse verses that have been compared over the centuries. Here the poet is simply reminding his reluctant lady that although its very well for her to play shy and
hard to get, in reality time is slipping away, and her virginity will be worthless in the grave. Its a very sly and yet heartfelt plea to let him make
love to her. Its also full of some very beautiful imagery. For example, he suggests that she sit by the Ganges River where she will find rubies; hell remain beside
the Humber (Marvell). The Ganges is "exotic and distant" while the Humber is "down-to-earth, hometown" (Adams, 1992). The poet is suggesting that while she finds rubies in far-off India, he
will have to be content to stay and home and wait for her, perhaps finding nothing at all. Reiff notes that Marvell has been very precise and exact in his
use of pronouns: "One aspect of its [the poems] excellence is Marvells clever use of the first-and second-person pronouns to manipulate the tone and to help win over his coy
mistress" (Reiff, 2002, p. 196). The first person pronouns "vary between the singular, which emphasizes separation, and the plural, which evinces togetherness" (Reiff, 2002, p. 16). There are two forms
of second-person pronouns: "thou/thee/thy and you/your" (Reiff, 2002, p. 16). It would have been customary, in Marvells day, to use the thou/thee/thy forms to indicate a close relationship while the
"you/your" form indicates a "polite but more distant relationship" (Reiff, 2002, p. 16). When the poet is trying to convince the woman that they should be lovers, he uses the
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