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COMPARING POEMS

This essay has been committed to compare and contrast two poems. One of which is “To His Coy Mistress” authored by Andrew Marvell. He was born on March 31st 1621 and was an English metaphysical poet, as well as the son of an Anglican clergyman. He died on August 16th 1678. The second poem is “The Beggar Woman” which was published by William King. He was born in the year of 1663 and died in the year of 1712. Both poems put up with numerous resemblances that can only be obtained by reading between the lines. About love, power, sex and control have been encrypted in order to present different poetic elements such as imagery. Although they are alike they fluctuate in a variety of ways.

        Both poets’ express different stories in their poem nevertheless there are many similarities. In “To His Coy Mistress” Andrew Marvell portrays the man wanting to have sex in the company of the lady. Firstly, charm is used within the poem in the bid to attempt to seduce the woman. By doing so, the gentleman is certain that he possibly will have sexual intercourse with the woman. Much of the smooth talk relates to the theme of love as spending time with the woman is well thought-out however sex is a prime matter. He says that if he had time, he would use up time it admiring each part of her body, because she deserves to be admired. He afterwards refers to intimidating the woman in order to accomplish his pleasures. He threatens her by declaring that if she dies her beauty, it will be worn out and if she doesn’t give up her virginity to him, the worms will be there to enjoy it when she is dead. This implies that the woman has not yet agreed to give him what he wants. He then begins to propose a resolution in lines 38-39 in which he feels that they ought to seize the moment now, as moment in time is limited. In “The Beggar Woman” William King depicts the man as a seeker who has seen a woman and desires to have sex with her. There is no love or deep passion that has been emitted in this poem. He asks the beggar woman, who doesn’t seem like a tramp, if she would allow him to have sex with her. We can be acquainted that the man is in have power over her as he is said to be walking in front of the woman. In addition to this, line 11 indicates that she is carrying a baby. All the way through the play, the gentleman asks the woman to remove her clothes but she refuses to do so by making quite a few excuses. The woman frequently makes excuses to slip away from the grip of the man thus indicating that she is in complete control. As the position of power is overturned she deceives him in order to release herself of the baby who is presented as a burden. The man barely figured out that she was tricking him although she had already dumped them. The prime comparison is that both poems are mainly about sex and power.

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        The two poems have dissimilar tones. The manner of each poem emphasises the significance of the poem. “To His Coy Mistress” is more of a serious poem as the man proposes lots of points. From lines 1 to 7 the tone of the spokesman is more rushed as he feels that there is not an adequate amount of time. This is also present in the second stanza. The quotation “Times winged Chariot hurrying near:” which indicates there is an insufficient amount of time and that the narrator wants sex. Not only does he wish for sex but also he also ...

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