“To His Coy Mistress” Andrew Marvell wrote his short poem “To His Coy Mistress” in a certain way to receive the answer that he wanted out of his mistress. Marvell uses meter, imagery, and tone to persuade his lady to further commit in their relationship. This poem has a very strong carpe diem, or seize the day, theme which is conveyed throughout the poem. In general, the meter of the poem is iambic tetrameter. Marvell …showed first 75 words of 604 total…

…showed last 75 words of 604 total…a great, somewhat controversial poem. The content of the poem is timeless, and is still a very realistic poem. The carpe diem theme of the poem is one of the reasons that the poem remains appropriate no matter when it is read. Bibliography 1. http://www.infospace.com/ipa/A0107596.html 2. http://www.inguat.net 3. http://www.wtgonline.com/data/gtm/gtm.asp 4. http://www.central-amerika.com/Guatemala.html 5. http://www.travel.com.gt/IHmbody.htm