The Theme of Love in the Poems First Love, To His Coy...

The Theme of Love in the Poems First Love, To His Coy Mistress, Porphyrias Lover, My Last Duchess and Shall I Compare Thee? A reader of a love poem has a specific. Prejudiced view of love poetry. Generally, it is that love poetry is sentimental and flattering. It is supposed to talk about flowers and chocolates, romance and passion from one person to another. The reader expects imagery of harts and roses, and cliched similes and metaphors. An affectionate and caring tone should be used. The should be honest, sentimental and, above all, romantic. However, this is often not the case. Love can be portrayed as passionate and sexual, romantic and caring, destructive and heartbreaking, and,†¦show more content†¦Marvell mocks romantic convention by using blatant double entendres such as my vegetable love should grow. This can be taken romantically, about his love growing, or as a sexual phallic image. This also hints at his attitude towards women - that they are his, to be used for whatever he wishes. Things change a lot by the second stanza. It is the but part of the syllogism. Marvell says that they do not have enough time for all of the romantic things in the first stanza, so they should go on ahead and have sex. To illustrate the point that he is running out of time, he personifies time I always hear/times winged chariot hurrying near. This verifies the fact that they will not be able to have sex soon, if they dont do it now. He says that ahead lie deserts of vast eternity, meaning that if she doesnt have sex with him, she will have noting to look forward to, because she will no longer be desirable. The writer than goes on to say that if she doesnt, she will die a virgin. He uses vulgar and insulting imagery to illustrate his point and try to shock her, such as worms shall try/that long preserved virginity. He is using a phallic image to show that if he doesnt have sex with her, lesser man (the worms) will. Basically, he is trying to establish the fact that she cannot win u nless she has sex with him. He sums up the butShow MoreRelated The Flea by John Donne and To His Coy Mistress by Andrew Marvell6621 Words   |  27 PagesThe Flea by John Donne and To His Coy Mistress by Andrew Marvell The Flea by John Donne is written in the 17th century as is To his coy mistress by Andrew Marvell. This we can see by the language used which was typical of that period in time apt to kill me and yea which are taken from the flea. Both poems also speak of virginity being very important, especially before marriage because if a woman had lost her maidenhead before, the husband would have the right to leave her withoutRead MoreShakespeare s Sonnet 116, La Belle Dame Sans Merci, My Last Duchess And Three Others?2245 Words   |  9 PagesHow is love presented/explored in the poems Sonnet 116, La Belle Dame Sans Merci, My Last Duchess and three others? (Intro) Love is a constant theme explored in English Literature and can be presented through a variety of connotations, such as romantic, sexual and possessive. The poems Sonnet 116, La Belle Dame Sans Merci and My Last Duchess all portray these notions. Sonnet 116 presents a real, romantic and everlasting love, as the poem explores the meaning of love in its most ideal form. This is