Love to His Mistress
Throughout history the ideas of proper sexuality for men and women have changed very little. Courtship is important today as it was in the 1600's. Andrew Marvel's poem, "To His Coy Mistress", is a typical carpe diem poem in which the speaker tells his mistress they should "seize the day". It is obvious that he wants her to have sexual relations with her now instead of having to wait until marriage. Marvell is not suggesting for lust to take over his heart although sex is the subject matter and not the theme of the poem. Marvell's point is clearly stated that instead of dividing our lives or moral values into artificial categories of present and future, we should savor the unique experiences of each present moment and let love take us to where it wants to take us.
In the poem, the speaker dehumanizes the mistress through a manipulative love poem. At first glance, "To His Coy Mistress" appears to be a formal, lyric love letter. Early in the poem the speaker (the......

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Title: To His Coy Mistress
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