To his coy mistress meaning and language

Question 1

meaning of the poem

Answer 1

The speaker tries to convince a woman to partake in sexual acts because time is too short.

Question 2

Title

Answer 2

Cay used to describe someone who’s shy so the mistress is unresponsive
Addressing to his mistress

Question 3

Loves presented

Answer 3

Love and loss
Love and sex
Love and death

Question 4

Whats personified?

Answer 4

Time

Question 5

Where is time personified?

Answer 5

‘Time’s winged chariot’

Question 6

Effect of personification of time

Answer 6

suggesting its untouchable and out of moral reach
Speaker pits him and his mistress against time to convince her to sleep with him

Question 7

‘Worms shall try that long preserved virginity’ technique

Answer 7

Hyperbole

Question 8

Whats the effect of the hyperbole?

Answer 8

Speaker tries to induce fear into the mistress suggesting the worms will take her virginity
Derogatory as he is saying this is her only chance to have sex

Question 9

‘My vegetable love’ technique

Answer 9

Metaphor

Question 10

Whats the effect of the metaphor?

Answer 10

Suggets his love is slow growing but deep rooted like a vegetable
Also allude to his penis which he hopes will entice the woman to sleep with him