"To His Coy Mistress" by Andrew Marvell Flashcards
paraphrase
the poem e.g., the speaking, a young man, says that if he had all the time in the world he would love deeply, he would demonstrate acts of love, but he knows that he does not have all of the time in the word. instead, he puts pressure on his significant other to speed up the pace of their relationship
evaluate organization
- lines 1-20: admiring what he would do with time
- lines 20-end: what he does because he doesn’t have time
determine tone
- may be urgent, admiring, flattering tone
- word choice that develops this tone:
- sit down, and think which way to walk, and pass our long loves day
- i would love you ten years before the flood
- he would wait for his vegetable love to grow
- 100 years should go to praise you
- he uses years many times in the poem to build anticipation toward the poetic shift
tone of poem AFTER the shift
impatience and desperation
overall tone of this poetry
- patient and urgent
- admiration and impatience
tone
attitude of the speaker towards the subject
the grave’s a fine and private place,
but none, i think, do there embrace
the speaker is urging his love to get
how does the poet’s use of numbers play a role in the message of this poem
the speaker uses larger and larger numbers
my vegetable love should grow vaster than empires, and more slow
the speaker’s love will grow like a nourished vegetable
what does the P in TPCASTT stand for
paraphrasing