Compare 3 or 4 poems in which the writers convey feelings in striking and original ways. - To His Coy Mistress, Rapunzstiltskin and I wanna be Yours

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Sophie Gullon 10AE

English Essay

Compare 3 or 4 poems in which the writers convey feelings in striking and original ways.

In this essay, I will look at three poems and how the poet conveys the feelings in them.  The first poem I will look at is “To His Coy Mistress” by a 17th century poet, Andrew Marvell.  In this poem, unusual, violent imagery is conjured which I found very intriguing in a love poem.  For the second poem, I will consider the feelings conveyed in “Rapunzstiltskin” by Liz Lochhead.  This poem uses and original idea of mixing traditional fairy-tale elements with those of a more modern theme.  The final poem will be “i wanna be yours”, written by John Cooper Clarke.  I chose this poem to look at because it is striking in its use of everyday objects.  

In “To His Coy Mistress”, the main feeling I detected was that of lust.  This is a poem of seduction in which the poet wants to have sex with his mistress.  He applies pressure to her by saying she will die a virgin.

Then worms shall try that long preserved virginity” – Line 27

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That particular line is original and unexpected because it describes a strange, revolting and intimidating way for him to threaten and pressure his mistress.  

 Another striking idea that is used is the personification of time.  

But at my back I always hear, Time’s winged chariot hurrying near”.  – Line 21.  

He is again threatening her, but this time with the loss of her beauty and he implies that if she gets any older, time will have run out.  The poet uses another technique – syllogism.  I have never seen this used before, and ...

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