Introduction To His Coy Mistress is a clever, well-structured metaphysical dramatic monologue, possibly by Andrew Marvell. In this poem the poet figuratively puts in persuading his beloved for a sexual lift. The poem begins with an initial promise, which is followed by qualification of promise and ends with a resolution to sexual conflict. Marvell, like … Read more
Introduction To His Coy Mistress by Andrew Marvell is a clever, well-structured dramatic monologue. In the poem, the poet is persuading his beloved for the immediate fulfilment of sexual love as time is running fast. The poem commences with an initial promise; the promise then qualifies and develops in nature; and concludes with a resolution. … Read more
To His Coy Mistress by Andrew Marvell Had we but world enough, and time,This coyness, lady, were no crime.We would sit down, and think which wayTo walk, and pass our long love’s day.Thou by the Indian Ganges’ sideShouldst rubies find; I by the tideOf Humber would complain. I wouldLove you ten years before the Flood,And … Read more