"The Anniversary" And "To His Coy Mistress": The Synchronicity Of Pen And Life
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"The Anniversary" and "To His Coy Mistress": The Synchronicity of Pen and
At first, there would appear to be little in common between a poem
that attempts to persuade a mistress and one that commemorates an
anniversary. Indeed, there are few sentiments that "The Anniversary" and
"To His Coy Mistre ....
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.... Marvell feels he can do justice to his mistress, who "deserve
this state." Things become a little more complex in the next line, "nor
would I love at lower rate." This is where we begin a question what has up
till now progressed so smoothly, as all good fantasies must if they are to
be successful. We begin to question this world of Marvell's creation and
see the enigma that lies within the term "lower rate." We have been
hearing of an agonizingly slow mating ritual, Marvell has been pati ....
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