Hello
Friends,
I would like
to share a poem which I studied during my graduation. “To His Coy Mistress” is
a metaphysical poem by Andrew Marwell.
Andrew
Marvell (1621 – 1678) was an English
metaphysical poet, satirist and politician.
The poet
addresses this poem to a woman who is not responding to his sexual advances.
In the first
stanza the poet tells the mistress that if they had more time and space, her
shyness or “Coyness” wouldn’t be a "crime”. If he would have more time
then he would admire her. He would focus on each part of her body until he
reached her heart.
The second
stanza begins with “But”. They don’t have enough time. Once life is over, they
won’t get chance to embrace and enjoy. If she doesn’t make love to him then
after death her “Virginity” will be taken away by the worms.
In the final
stanza, he tells her that they should have love like the birds do around them,
but before they should have some wine. He also suggests that all the
frustrations can be released through sexual act and they can be free.
In this poem
we find the themes like time, mortality, sex and freedom.
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