Sunday, February 3, 2019
Comparison of the Presentation of Seduction in the Poems To His Coy Mis
Comparison of the Presentation of Seduction in the Poems To His modestMistress by Andrew Marvell and The Willing Mistress by Aphra Behn Both Marvell and Behn wrote during the metempsychosis period and had different styles. However, they explored similar themes. In To His Coy Mistress, Marvell uses a vigorously structured argument called syllogism to persuade his lover to seize the day and make love out front their passion fades. In the first section, Marvell speculates how he would adore his mistress. He praise his mistress saying she deserves such praise. He uses hyperbole to illustrate the period of his love. He uses many vast geographical and biblical allusions to tell the immensity of his love. The facial expression in the second section is desolate and threatening. Time is personified to demo its inevitable conclusion - death confronts us all. He uses a vocal reminder that times winged chariot is hurrying near. Threatening images of graves and decay emphasise his point. The resourcefulness becomes morbid and disturbing as he reminds his lover, manipulatively, that death will ineluctably destroy her virginity. In the third section of the poem, Marvell draws his triumphant conclusion. His lover is issue and beautiful and they desire one another. He focuses on the urgency of seduction. In contrast, Aphra Behn is revolutionary and our expectations are challenged as she writes her willingness to receivevher lovers attention in a female person persona. She presents seduction from a womans point of view. She was one of the first women to write about a womans sexual feelings in pre-1900 poems. Aphra Behns humorous poem follows a communicative structure in which ... ... them to consummate their love and savour her fleeting youth. The metaphorical explanation iron gates of life tells us that life is hard and full of though restrictions that ought to be and can be broken by them. Iron gates of life describes boundaries as barbaric. The centering in which he wishes to break such a strong point of accumulation with just their love for each other represents his confidence at the conquest of his words. I preferred To His Coy Mistress to The Willing Mistress because it had hidden depths and meanings. I wish the way in which the poetic techniques were used to produce such a powerful effect. I also like the way in which the tone changes so often to portray his point. I did like The Willing Mistress because it is elfish and humorous but it is only a simple story and not a cryptic piece of poetry.
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