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Critical Appreciation of To His Coy Mistress or a Metaphysical Poem

Critical Appreciation of To His Coy Mistress or a Metaphysical Poem ‘To His Coy Mistress’ is one of the best love poems of Andrew Marvell (1621–1678), a Metaphysical poet. The poem is written within the sort of the design of construction of a poem named ‘syllogism’ including three sections beginning with ‘if’, ‘but’ and ‘therefore’. In this poem, the speaker raises arguments together with his beloved to be soft towards him and to relax her firm attitude of puritan reluctance to grant him sexual favors. Thus the theme of the poem is ‘carpe diem’, meaning ‘seize the opportunity’, the complete Latin sentence of which is “Carpe diem, quam minimum credula poster”, that is, “Enjoy this day, trusting the smallest amount possible to the longer term.  Marvell, being a metaphysical poet, has applied within the poem variety of metaphysical conceits and mighty imagery. However, there's also slightly of wit and irony. Moreover, the poem draws a high concentration from the reader and there'...