How Do The Poems 'To His Coy Mistress', 'The Sick Rose' And 'Sonnet 138' Convey The Imperfect Nature Of Love.

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How Do The Poems 'To His Coy Mistress', 'The Sick Rose' And 'Sonnet 138' Convey The Imperfect Nature Of Love.

In this essay I will be writing about the poems 'To His Coy Mistress' written by Andrew Marvell (1621-1678), 'The Sick Rose' written by William Blake (1751-1827) and 'Sonnet 138' by William Shakespeare (1564-1616). In these three poems, they are showing aspects of how love is not perfect in their own different ways; they do not talk about the romantic side of love. In my opinion of love, the word 'love' in today's world is over used. Many people today, mainly teenagers, use the word 'love' just to get into bed with somebody else or because they like the other persons body.

Although all the poems deal with imperfect love, they all have diverse themes, In 'To His Coy Mistress' the poet is trying to persuade a woman to have sex with him before its to late and they die. In 'Sonnet 138' is about two lovers' lying to each other about their age and how lies can keep a relationship going. 'The Sick Rose' has many interpretations; I mainly think it is a warning of the dangers