Marvell’s “To His Coy Mistress” is a love poem of seduction. The poem conveys biblical, historical allusions, and passionate imagery to express a young lover’s feeling that he does not have enough time to waste on the coyness of his mistress.
In the first stanza the young lover is trying to seduce his mistress quickly, although he is married. He explains to her what their love would be like if they had years to spend together. He would “Love [her] ten years before the flood,” this is a biblical allusion which refers to the story of the Flood in the Bible. The allusion emphasizes his love and the expediency he wants his mistress to make a commitment. Preceding the biblical allusion, Marvell uses a historical allusion that has the same effect as the one before it. The young lover tells his mistress “[His] vegetable love should grow,” saying that as time goes on his love will grow strong. He also says that “he will spend a hundred years to praise thine eyes, and on......

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Title: His Coy Mistress
Approximate Word Count: 525
Approximate Pages: 3 (250 words per double-spaced page)

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