Discuss the Relationship Between Love and Death in "To His Coy Mistress" by Andrew Marvell, "The Sick Rose" by William Blake and "Remember" by Christina Rossetti.
Discuss the Relationship Between Love and Death in "To His Coy Mistress" by Andrew Marvell, "The Sick Rose" by William Blake and "Remember" by Christina Rossetti I have been studying the poems "To His Coy Mistress" by Andrew Marvell, "The Sick Rose" by William Blake and "Remember" by Christina Rossetti. Each of the poets belonged to a different school of poetry: Blake and Rossetti belonged to the Romantics whereas Marvell belonged to the Metaphysicals. The Romantics were six English poets: William Blake, William Wordsworth, Lord Byron, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Percy Shelley and John Keats. They wrote from 1789 to 1824, and they loved nature and believed love, emotions, passion and human relationships were paramount to everything else including God and religion. They also wrote about the pathos of love - which would usually include the death of a lover. The Metaphysicals were the poets John Donne, Andrew Marvell, Henry Vaughan and Thomas Traherne. They wrote mainly to show how intellectual they were and how intellectual they could be. They wrote in the seventeenth century. They too wrote about love, although they were more interested in separating and rationalizing their thoughts from their feelings. Their poems share the common conventions of wit, rational discussion, inventiveness and they all shared a love of elaborate, stylistic manoeuvres. The poems they wrote
Case Study on: Andrew Buurman.
Case Study on: Andrew Buurman Andrew Buurman is a professional freelance photographer. He was born in Liverpool in 1966; he came from a traditional working middle class Roman Catholic family. He went through college and got his A-Levels in economics, politics, and computing. He then went to Swansea University to study politics. Even though he has the qualifications he does not see education as been important. After he got his degree in politics he found that it was not a subject that he wished to peruse, Andrew took up photography whilst living in Japan. He later took a post graduate diploma in photojournalism at the London College of Printing. After college he became a photographer with The Independent. Now freelance, he works for national newspapers, magazines and corporate clients. He later lived in Scotland for a short while but found it really difficult to get work. He has now been a photojournalist since 1995. There are different ways in which work can be obtained. Firstly if you have absolutely no leads at all then you can cold call different companies and ask them if they have any work available. Secondly you can advertise yourself though Andrew Buurman does not do this. Thirdly and by far the best way is by word of mouth, you can get recommendations from companies you have previously worked for, so it is good to keep good working relationships with the
"To His Coy Mistress" Response
David Jones 10A2 Response to ‘His Coy Mistress’ Dear Mr Marvell, I am writing in response to the poem you sent me. I have to say it is quite flattering for the majority of the poem but I did find certain areas quite intimidating and would make me wonder if I would want to be with you. I can see that you feel very passionately about me and the words you use make me wonder if we were meant to be together but it is too forward, as I barely know you. With time our relationship may blossom, I am not sure. I will give you a more in-depth idea on how I can see how much you like me though. During the first line “Had we but world enough, and time” straight away brings in the theme of urgency as you try to emphasis how short life is and how people should always make the most of it. This also makes me, wonder of your age. We are yet to meet and the way you try to express brevity may suggest you are an old man. The next line you say “This coyness, lady, were no crime” gives me the impression you are trying to impress me with the language as you would normally say shy but this sounds as a insult so you use coy as it sounds more of a compliment but it keeps the meaning. Saying we’re no crime tells me that you are feeling quite insistent but it also makes me believe that
Compare and contrast 'The Ruined Maid', 'To His Coy Mistress' and 'Remember'.
Unit 4 literary heritage pre 1914 poetry I have been assigned a coursework to compare and contrast three poems which are 'The Ruined Maid', To His Coy Mistress' and 'Remember' all these poems have got points and I am going to make similarities and dissimilarities about the poems in comparison to each other. Most poems have aspects of a pace, a point, a structure and also different types of language, all of the above poems have these and express them well. Then again all the above have the aspects but the aspects are shown in different ways e.g. a fast pace following on to a slower pace but another poem could have a slow pace moving on to a fast pace. Firstly, all the poems have points and they are all different but have aspects in of that point that are same. 'To His Coy Mistress' has a metaphysical side to it and Marvell's entanglements of sex and arrogance are in his metaphysical poem. He achieves this by using tense similes and outsized metaphors for example, 'an hundred years', 'like amorous birds of prey' and 'vegetable love.' He uses these techniques to enrich meanings and to express how strong his sexual feelings are for his mistress. To His Coy Mistress' is also about an existing relationship, but this poem is designed to persuade his mistress to sleep with him. To His Coy Mistress" follows a classical argument and a form of persuasion. He begins by outlining how
The three poems are "To his Coy Mistress", "Ozymandias" and "To the Virgins to Make Much of Time".
G.C.S.E English and English Literature Coursework Poetry Assignment We have been set the task to compare the ways in which the poems I have studied deal with the passing of time. The three poems are "To his Coy Mistress", "Ozymandias" and "To the Virgins to Make Much of Time". All three of the poems clearly deal with the passing of time in different ways. "To his Coy Mistress" is about a man telling a woman that if he had all the time in the world, he would spend it with her. In the "To the Virgins to Make Much of Time" a man is trying to persuade a woman to make much of her youth with the time she is given. "Ozymandias" is about time in a different way by saying no tyranny can beat time like the statue in the poem. This poem is different to "To his Coy Mistress" and "To the Virgins to Make Much of Time". It's not about love or anything else to do with the other poems but the passing of time. In the "To his Coy Mistress" by Andrew Marvell the poet wants to persuade his coy mistress to have a fiscal relationship with him. Marvell splits the poem into three different stanzas, each one with a different purpose. The first stanza is an introduction, Marvell speaks about what he wants to do with the Mistress, he speaks about time, and how it is not on their side. The second stanza introduces that time is their enemy; he uses fear in this section to try and persuade her. And in
A comparison of the persuasive techniques used in 'To His Coy Mistress' and 'An Answer to a Love Letter'.
A comparison of the persuasive techniques used in 'To His Coy Mistress' and 'An Answer to a Love Letter' 'To His Coy Mistress' is a poem written by Andrew Marvell in the 17th Century whereas 'An Answer to a Love Letter' was written by Lady Mary Wortley Montagu in the 18th Century. Marvell's poem is about a man trying to woo a woman into sleeping with him whereas Lady Montagu's poem is a woman rejecting a man's advances in the form of a love letter. Just before 'An Answer to a Love Letter' was written Lady Montagu split up with her husband and this could be a link between the poem and her divorce. In 'To His Coy Mistress' Marvell uses flattery to try and entice the woman into sleeping with him: "...An age at least to every part..." Here Marvell is trying to put across that she is so beautiful that she deserves a vast amount of attention. He says this because he knows he will never pay her any attention, as he will have her and then be off. In the same way in 'An Answer to a Love Letter' Lady Montagu also uses flattery but in this instance to try and push her 'lover' away: "...A plenteous fortune and a beautiful bride..." Her Lady Montagu tries to convey a sense that the man does not need her, because he has been blessed by God with a healthy fortune and a fine-looking wife. She tries to explain that he does not need her as he has all of those things. Also in
Sonnet 71, Holy Sonnet and To His Coy Mistress
Sonnet 71, Holy Sonnet and To His Coy Mistress The three poems I have been studing are Holy Sonnet written by John Donre, Sonnet 71, which is written by William Shakespeare, and To His Coy Mistress, which is written by Andrew Marvel. These poems contain major themes dealing with love, death, and sex. These poems are very different from one another. John Donre who is the author of Holy Sonnet talks about a young priest who is challenging death and has no worry's because he doesn't fear anything not even life itself. The priest is calling death on as he says "Death, be not proud, though some have called thee Mighty and dreadful, for, thou art not so;" John Donre is making the priest sound as If he has lost it. John Donre ends the passage with this quote. "One short sleep past, we wake eternally, and Death, thou shalt die". The holy sonnet is much different from the sonnet 71. Sonnet 71 is written by William Shakespeare, this poem is about Shakespeare who tells his lover, "no longer mourn for me when I am dead". Shakespeare is basically saying that he loves her and would like her to forget him, as memories will only make her sad. "Nay, if you read this line, remember not The hand that writ it; for I love you so, that I in your sweet thoughts be forgot If thinking on me then should make you woe. This play is about two lovers Shakespeare is dying and is writing this poem for
The 17th century poets, Andrew Marvell and Robert Herrick, in their poems "To His Coy Mistress" and "To The Virgins, To Make Much of Time" offer extraordinary insight into the feelings and emotions connected with love.
In Its Now or Never The 17th century poets, Andrew Marvell and Robert Herrick, in their poems "To His Coy Mistress" and "To The Virgins, To Make Much of Time" offer extraordinary insight into the feelings and emotions connected with love. With twenty-eight definitions for the word "love" in the dictionary and therefore with no surprise we find this broadly defined word contributing to a diverse array of poems, which can all claim to be centered around "love." Two such poems are, "To His Coy Mistress" and "To The Virgins, To Make Much of Time" both of which are obviously dealing with the subject of love, despite being written thirty-three years apart they still share a commonality. Andrew Marvell and Robert Herrick both use vivid figurative language and ardent rhyme devices in similar ways in their respective poems to communicate a common theme: that beyond the obvious amorous and passionate nature of love, love is ultimately ephemeral and therefore we must seize it and fully experience it, before love, true to its transient character, passes us by. Both Andrew Marvell and Robert Herrick use dramatic and vibrant figurative language not only to create visual effects that complement and enliven their shared theme but they also use it to convey abstract ideas and concepts that would have been very difficult or even impossible to express in literal terms, such as the transient
Over many years poetry was seen to have many different uses.
A.Q English CourseWork Over many years poetry was seen to have many different uses. These uses differed by poets. The more imaginative the poet was, the more developed the poetry got. Some poets like to use their poems as a way to convey a message, some use poetry to educate their readers and some even use poems to persuade their mistresses or women to give into their love. A poet can really be imaginative and dinamic in his writing as love is not a language but a way of life. Love is unexplainable as it can change a person forever and how that person feels, it contains such an amount of chemistry which cannot be broken down in to a formulae. That unexplainable feeling of the first efectionate kiss is so valuable and rich of emotions that sometimes its worth writing for. Famouse poets who wrote poems in order to persuade their mistresses are John Dunne, Andrew Marvell, Christopher Marlowe and Ben Johnson. I am going to compare the different techniques of persuation they use. Some writers or poets use a dialectic style and some use hyperbole style which are two main different styles. A Dialectic style is a sophisticated way of persuasion, it is more of an argumentative style while a hyperbole style is more of an imginative and far fetched style that can bring across more dinamic and imaginative use of vocabulary
How Do The Poems 'To His Coy Mistress', 'The Sick Rose' And 'Sonnet 138' Convey The Imperfect Nature Of Love.
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 of imperfect love and losing virginity. 'Sonnet 138' was written by William Shakespeare between 1564 and 1616, during this time religion was very strong and not attending church was a punishable offence. We can still relate to this poem today because in today's world most relationships involve somebody
