1. To His Coy Mistress
"To His Coy Mistress by andrew marvell The central theme of this seventeenth century poem is carpe diem, or "seize the day. It is about a man who is proclaiming his love to his mistress, a shy lady who he tells to make the most of the time that they spend together. The poem can be divid...
The seventeenth century was an era of beautiful poetry. Two poets in particular, Andrew Marvell and John Donne, wrote carpe diem poetry full of vivid imagery and metaphysical conceits. Each conveyed the message of "living for the now." This message can be clearly seen in the poems "To his Coy Mistre...
"To His Coy Mistress" is a seventeenth-century poem displaying a man's love for a nameless woman. The man is on a mission for the woman's virginity. Andrew Marvel's "To His Coy Mistress" has the persuasiveness of a sales representative. Sales representatives not only persuade customers with words bu...
The theme of carpe dime was especially predominant in seventeenth century poetry when literature began shifting away from humanism, and therefore plunged into the lives and feelings of the everyday commoner. ... The term "vegetable" love seems rather odd to 21st century ears but in the17th century it was understood to mean characterized only by growth-think of a really old oak. ...