How does Thomas Wyatt describe his feelings towards the woman in the poem 'They Flee From Me'? (By Sana Kanji).

Essay: How does Thomas Wyatt describe his feelings towards the woman in the poem 'They Flee From Me'? (By Sana Kanji) Thomas Wyatt's 'They Flee From Me' is an extremely thoughtful complaint made by a male abandoned by his mistress. The poem appears to be filled with uncertainty and much confused emotion on the speaker's behalf. The poem begins mysteriously by describing a number of wild creatures. Immediately, here, the reader is presented with a problem, as the pronoun 'They' does not disclose precisely who or what would 'take bread' at the speaker's hand. Also, we, the reader, are presented with animal imagery, as though the poet is describing birds or deer. This becomes evident in line two of the verse, as does the first hint of uncertainty; we now learn that the unnamed creatures are not merely walking in the individual's 'chamber', but 'stalking'. The uncertainty arises in the balance of power in the verse - the reader is not if the creatures are treading apprehensively as the hunted, or proceeding forwards furtively as the hunter. This doubt is reinforced further towards the end of the verse, as the word 'danger' implies that the connection between the creatures and the bread provider denotes an insinuation of threat. In addition, the echo of 'danger' in the words 'range' and 'change' at the end of the verse, does not permit the reader to omit the hint of threat.

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Compare and contrast ways in which attitudes to love are expressed in three of four poems you have studied.

AMDG. Joshua Gray Compare and contrast ways in which attitudes to love are expressed in three of four poems you have studied. Introduction: The poems that I have chosen are: 'To his coy mistress' by Andrew Marvell. 'Sonnets 18 by William Shakespeare, and 'To the virgins, to make much of time' by Robert Herrick. All the above poems are poems about the subject of love. Each poem is very passionate and complex in nature when you initially read it for the first time and consequently they have stood the test of time and lasted hundreds of years. This portrays a conclusion to what some poets say because they express how the poems will last forever. There are many various themes used throughout the poems. Time, beauty, praise for the beloved and how love can be confused by lust are all reoccurring themes in these poems and sum up many pre-18th century love poems. However, two themes that are central to this form of poetry are 'Carpe diem'- seize the day - and how the incessant march of time contributes to the fading of beauty. 'To his coy mistress' - perhaps the most controversial of the poems, deals with the theme 'carpe diem' but focuses more on lust than love, 'To the virgins' once again deals the theme of 'Carpe diem' and urges the young to enjoy themselves, this is also significant in it's title. 'Sonnet 18.' Shakespeare wrote a series of sonnets which

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In this essay I am going to compare two metaphysical poems; 'To His Coy Mistress' by Andrew Marvell and 'The Flea' by John Dunne.

Comparison Of John Dunne and Andrew Marvell In this essay I am going to compare two metaphysical poems; 'To His Coy Mistress' by Andrew Marvell and 'The Flea' by John Dunne. Andrew Marvell and John Dunne are both called metaphysical poem writers. Andrew Marvell is known to be one of the greatest metaphysical poets, and John Dunne is known to be the father of metaphysical poetry. Metaphysical strictly means a type of philosophy. However, the word is used for this group of poets and was originally used by John Dryden in the seventeenth century. In this essay I am going to write what the two poems mean. The similarities of the two poems, the language, imagery and structure of the poems. I am also going to talk about the nature of the poems and the religious content in them. This will include talking about the three - fold structure of the poem, called a syllogism. It is all written in octosyllables and they the poems are written using the iambic tetrameter, this means that all lines are written with eight syllables. Both the poems have three stanzas. The poem will also include the nature in which love is described; the contrast within them, the grotesque images, the wit, irony and I will also include the characteristics of the poems. For Example: simile, metaphor, conceit, hyperbole and personification, which will be in the poems and will be described in the essay. Marvell

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A Comparison of Persuasive Techniques in 'To His Coy Mistress' and 'An Answer To A Love Letter'

A Comparison of Persuasive Techniques in 'To His Coy Mistress' and 'An Answer To A Love Letter' 'To His Coy Mistress' is a poem written by Andrew Marvell (1621 - 1678). From the poem, it can be seen that he is trying to persuade his mistress to have sex with him. Although the male persona that reveals this story, the intent of Marvell was probably for humour and as entertainment for others. 'An Answer To A Love Letter' is another poem, written by Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (1689 - 1762), but in contrast to Marvell's, it is used to reject an admirer's interest and could be seen as a reply. The poem describes how a female persona declines an admirer. While this story takes place, Montagu simultaneously rebukes men in general. This inclination may have been caused by her bad experiences in marriage. Both poems use persuasion, although for different purposes. Andrew Marvell was born at Winestead-in-Holderness, Yorkshire, on March 31, 1621. At 3 years old, he moved to Hull where his father, Reverend Andrew Marvell became a lecturer at Holy Trinity Church. Andrew Marvell was educated at Hull Grammar School and studied at Trinity College in Cambridge. Two poems that he had written, one in Greek and one in Latin, were printed in 1637. The next year he was accepted as a Scholar of Trinity College and took his B.A. degree. Within a few days, his mother had died and after his father

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Compare and contrast Andrew Marvell's

Aron Jones - 11G - 11/01/05 English Coursework Compare and contrast Andrew Marvell's "To His Coy Mistress" with John Donne's "The Sunne Rising". Both poems "To His Coy Mistress" and "The Sunne Rising" were written by metaphysical poets, this is one of many similarities in the poem. However, there are also a number of differences between them. In both poems, there is an obvious link to the theme of "Carpe Diem" which simply means "seize the day". The poems relate to time and that of how it's running out. They seem to be in a rush. The content of the poem is Marvell writing a poem to his love partner. They are truly in love with each other and their love is very passionate for one another. However, there is something missing in their relationship and that is the sexual side. They haven't had sexual intercourse and the poem is about Marvell trying to persuade his partner into making love to him. He feels that time is running out and that they should "seize the moment". The life expectancy was at a lower rate in the times of the poem, and he doesn't want to leave things too late. There were many types of diseases in those days, with health services very limited. Today, our life expectancy is on average 77, however, in those days anyone who reached the age of 40 was considered as an older-aged person. He obviously feels that his partner needs a slight push into making love; he

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The Majority or poetry is written about love, relationships and lust and this is simply because it's such an important factor of life.

The Majority or poetry is written about love, relationships and lust and this is simply because it's such an important factor of life. Attitudes towards love, relationships and lust have changed dramatically over the last few centuries in a way that men aren't always the "controllers" when this would have been the case at the times these poems were written. Love, relationships and lust when featured in a poem can be expressed in very different ways but mostly in these poems there is a man pursuing or expressing his love to a woman, with the exception of Sonnet CXXX where Shakespeare is believed to have directed it towards other poets. The three poems I'm studying 'To His Coy Mistress', 'The Sick Rose' and Sonnet CXXX all have the writer expressing his feeling/experiences. In all of these poems we can look at them from several different angles and may have to read through them a few times and work out several meanings to fully understand them. 'To His Coy Mistress' shows that if a man has his mind set on something, he can be very persistent in pursuing it, especially when it comes to women. This poem shows how men are manipulative when doing this. The coy(shy) mistress is resisting him as they would usually do at the time it was used as a sign of incentive if the woman did this, but the man wouldn't know if this was the case or if she just didn't really like him. Andrew

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Compare Sonnet 18 with 'To his Coy Mistress'. Examine the purpose of each poem and consider the effectiveness of the techniques used by the 2 poets to achieve their purposes.

English Coursework 2005 Compare Sonnet 18 with 'To his Coy Mistress'. Examine the purpose of each poem and consider the effectiveness of the techniques used by the 2 poets to achieve their purposes. Compare Sonnet 18 with 'To his Coy Mistress'. Examine the purpose of each poem and consider the effectiveness of the techniques used by the 2 poets to achieve their purposes. I will be comparing two poems, 'Shall I Compare Thee...?' with 'To His Coy Mistress', I will examine the purposes of each poem and the techniques used by the 2 poets to convey ideas and to achieve purposes. Sonnet 18 was written by William's Shakespeare between 1564 and 1616. The poem 'To his Coy Mistress' was written by Andrew Marvell. The Purposes of the two poems are different, the purpose of Sonnet 18 is for Shakespeare to write this poem for a girl or woman he likes, to praise her by comparing her to wonderful things in life, such a Summer, also to grant her immortality through lines of the poem; meaning as long as the poem will exist and be read, the girl (who the poem is to) will continue to exist. Shakespeare therefore does not want anything from the girl in the poem. The purpose and central message of 'To His Coy Mistress' is about a man wanting to have sex with a woman he likes and trying to persuade the woman to loose her virginity to him because time is running out. Therefore we recognise that

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The two poems which I am comparing are by Andrew Marvell and John Donne whom are both metaphysical poets from different backgrounds. The poet John Donne is the probably the greatest metaphysical poet, he was born in 1572 in Bread Street

Metaphysical Poetry Metaphysical poetry to a full sense expresses the simplest experiences from the surface of life such as love, joy, hate, anger, sex, politics, religion and peace through a philosophical and logical perspective. This certainly adds extra depth and complexity to each of these life experiences. Metaphysical poetry almost takes these simple elements of life which may sometimes be taken as insignificant, and expands them out through philosophy and logic instructing us to view the bigger picture of life. The term 'metaphysical' fell upon a group of men in the 17th century ( by John Dryden) who were mainly known as Donne, Marvell, Vaughan, and Traherne; these men were all labelled as metaphysical poets as they all shared similar characteristics in their poetry like their strong wit and inventiveness, also their use of extreme hyperbole and very sharp conceits; this made them quite a contrast to the smooth and sweet tones of the 16th century' instead they took an energetic, rigorous and rough style; which acquired one's intellect rather than emotion, totally discarding mysticism and intuition. Their energetic and uneven style may have possibly been due to their logical reasoning of subjects which brought out the subject in a very honest and straight forward manner, which at the time was interpreted as 'uneven'. Even though the meanings of these poems are very

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The seventeenth century was an era of beautiful poetry by important poets such as John Donne, Marvell, George Herbert, Sir John Supling etc... Just like on the other periods Love was one main theme on their poems

The seventeenth century was an era of beautiful poetry by important poets such as John Donne, Marvell, George Herbert, Sir John Supling etc... Just like on the other periods Love was one main theme on their poems. But on 17th century there were also religious themes that it was a bit more important than the other periods. I'll now have a look at the life's of important writers of the period so briefly to have an idea about how their religious backgrounds and writing styles affected the period. George Herbert (1593 - 1633) was one of the most important religious poets of the period. He himself was a priest and we can see some parts of his own life in some of his poems. He rebuilt a church out of his own pocket. He was known as the "Holy Mr. Herbert" after his efforts for his religion and his poor people. So George Herbert was a man so close to his religion and this surely reflected his poetry. He wrote many religious poems. "Affliction" and "The Collar" are my favorites for this famous poet of 17th century. Another poet who is so close to the religious writing is Richard Crashaw (1613 - 1649). He is a phenomenon unique in Anglo-Saxon taste. He was much different than the other poets of all times. He was a follower of George Herbert and he also strongly effected by a school of Jesuit writers of sacred Latin epigrams. One of his most important works "Flaming Heart - Teresa"

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How is the idea of 'Time' treated in the two poems 'ozymandias' and 'to his coy mistress'

How is the idea of 'Time' treated in the two poems 'OZYMANDIAS' and 'TO HIS COY MISTRESS' The two poems make similar points about time. The first of the two 'OZYMANDIAS' makes the point that life is not permanent and there is only one thing we share and that is mortality. In our everyday life we get caught up in it, we forget that we have been overlooking life itself, we only ever realise it when we think of the poem as a meditation on the subject of time. In 1817 P.B SHELLEY visited the British museum where there was an exhibition featuring Egyptian relics, including a huge granite statue of a pharaoh, called Rameses 2. He was inspired to write a poem about his experience. He called the poem 'OZYMANDIAS' which is another name for Rameses. It is a sonnet. It made him realise that even the greatest rulers on earth are only on earth temporarily. It made him realise that the greatest civilisations that once ruled the world will fade to dust. It made him realise that the only thing that is permanent is time itself and we as mortals are in the grand scale of things, completely insignificant. In this poem P.B SHELLEY talks about a meeting with a stranger from an antique, ancient civilisation and most of all a lost civilisation. "I met a traveller from an antique land" This line shows us that he is meeting someone from many generations before him. It shows that this person

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