To His Coy Mistress

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In "To His Coy Mistress", Andrew Marvell presents a speaker who appeals to his lover through persuasion. In the first part of the poem the speaker appeals to the character, in the second part he expresses his emotions, and in the third part the speaker uses reason. By using different methods of appeal, the speaker hopes to win his mistress love. In line 7 through 10 of the poem the speaker confesses his love for his mistress by saying he would love her from time's beginning to time's end. The speaker's "love should grow vaster than empires" (11-12), and he would adore her for thousands of years (13-18). Later on in the poem the speaker uses images associated with death, and he offers a plan by which the two should live,

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Approximate Word count = 487
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)

Category: English

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