"To His Coy Mistress" Response

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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 you think I am nervous of our relationship.  The next two lines then start to emphasis slowness as you mention words such as “walk” and “sit”, both theses words are usually used when you want something to be
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slow instead of run as that would give more of a urgent feel. Also when you write “and pass our long love’s day” it shows that you would want to spend all your time with me. The word, day, emphasises shortness of time available. You then mention the Ganges and the Humber; this could mean we will both in a better place even if we are distant. You then say that you will love me “ten years before the flood”, this could imply that you loved me before you were born but fitting with the rest of the poem, I ...

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