Compare 'To His Coy Mistress' by Andrew Marvell to 'Upon Julia's Clothes' by Robert Herrick and their attitudes to love.

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I am going to compare 'To His Coy Mistress' by Andrew Marvell to 'Upon Julia's Clothes' by Robert Herrick and their attitudes to love. These two are very similar because they both describe their love for a woman. Next I will compare 'Remember' by Robert Herrick to 'Since there's no help...'by Michael Drayton and there attitudes to love. Both this poems are about parting with a loved one. They all have different attitudes to love.

Upon Julia's Clothes by Robert Herrick is about a woman the author sees from far. The piece is written in first person this makes it easier for the poet to reflect his feeling to the reader. 'Whenas in silks my Julia'. Herrick express to the reader that he thinks she is his. By say 'my Julia. I think this was quite common in those days .Men did see woman and as sexual objects and also they thought woman belonged to them. The rhyme scheme is AAA BBB it reflects how he walks. It a quick pace rhyme suggesting she is walking really quickly. In Upon Julia's Clothes the poem using assonance 'Silks, methinks, liquefaction'. All these words are