Thursday, October 7, 2010
To His Coy Mistress
"My vegetable love should grow / Vaster than empires, and more slow" is an example of a quote in To His Coy Mistress that illustrates how Andrew Marvell is trying to slow down time and make the reader visualize and connect to his poem. This quote is a key line in the poem because of its easy interpretation but juicy and strong meaning. It connotes how the speakers love will never stop growing for his mistress. Even though this quote is only 2 lines, it truly brings together the entire poem and shows how deeply in love the speaker is.
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I completely agree with you, that this line is a very strong and powerful one in the poem. The speaker truly loves his mistress and wishes he could slow down time since she doesn't seem to want him the way he wants her and although he is waiting for her, he doesn't want to have to wait for much longer.
ReplyDeleteI found it interesting that he parallels the words vegetable and Vaster together. They both start with the letter V and signify that his love is always growing for his lady. I agree with your point that Marvell wants to stretch out time for as long as possible so he may enjoy all the pleasures his mistress has to offer.
ReplyDeletegood analysis!
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