Andrew Marvell was a poet and an MP for Hull.

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Tahir Ishaq

 Andrew Marvell was a poet and an MP for Hull. He wrote the poem in the 17th Century.
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the first stanza he uses persuasive techniques such as flattery. The speaker tells his mistress what they could achieve in their relationship if they had enough time. You have heard the expression all the time in the world. That is what the speaker is referring to in line 1. He is saying that if they had all the time in the world, her coyness would not matter. He mentions religion from Noah's Flood (line 8) until 'the conversion of the Jews' in line 10. He mentions religion so that he can make her believe what he is saying. In lines 11-12, the speaker states that his:

My vegetable love should grow
vaster than empires and more slow;

‘My vegetable love’ is a metaphor. This growth would eventually overtake empires bigger than those of the Romans. Thus his love is big enough to fill time and space. It is also a metaphor. He would spend so much time adoring her.

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     However in the second stanza he writes about death. The argument in this section is based on the fact that people do not have the kind of time span that the speaker imagines in the first section. Instead of having all the centuries of time to wait for the lady, he tells her that he hears 'Time's winged chariot' hurrying close behind him.  Time is personified as the driver of a chariot. Chariots were swift moving war machines ridden by the most powerful warriors. This chariot has wings so it travels faster. He emphasises the fact that in ...

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