Everything Fades, Especially Love William Shakespeare’s Sonnet 116, Let me not to the marriage of true minds, conveys the idea that love is unending and only flourishes as time passes. Andrew Marvell’s poem, To His Coy Mistress, expresses the idea that there is not enough time to love emotionally and that you cannot waste time waiting for an emotional love. The love that Shakespeare desires is emotional love while the love that Marvell longs for is not true love, it is physical love. Both, in the end, will fade and will not be everlasting as Shakespeare proposes. In William Shakespeare’s poem, Let me not to the marriage of true minds, he believes in an emotional love. Shakespeare states that “love is not love which alters when it alteration
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Marvell states “my vegetable love should grow Vaster than empires, and more slow” (Marvell 11-12). This means that if he had all the time in the world, he would slowly expand his love and feelings for the woman considering that he has not developed them yet. However, towards the middle of the poem, Marvell confesses that there is not enough time and there is pressure. He states, “but at my back I always hear Time’s wingѐd chariot hurrying near; and yonder all before us lie deserts of vast eternity” (Marvell 21-24). Unlike Shakespeare’s, Marvel’s poem is about a physical love. Marvel states “now let us sport us while we may, and now, like amorous birds of prey, rather at once our time devour” (Marvell 37-39). He is saying that in the short amount of time that they have together, they can freely mate and have sexual relations. Marvel also adds to the physical love by saying “though we cannot make our sun stand still, yet we will make him run” meaning that with him, he can make the time go by fast (Marvell 45-46). According to Michelle Alva, the physical love that Marvell is describing is lust. Alva states “Lust is the first stage of falling in love. It's driven by desire. The sex hormones play an important role in this stage” meaning that Marvell is depicting a strong sexual desire for the women in the poem. Marvell’s viewpoint of love is a physical attraction and he acknowledges that there is not …show more content…
Shakespeare brings up the idea that he knows what emotional love is when he states “if this be error and upon me proved, I never writ, nor man ever loved” (Shakespeare 13-14). It can be interpreted that Shakespeare believes that people do not fall out of love and he also believes that love is unending. According to Amruta Kr, Shakespeare’s love fades because “nothing is constant. Everything is gonna end. So is love. It is going to gradually fade and then end.” Amruta Kr’s idea is convincible because our minds are constantly developing, so those kind words that were said a year ago no longer have an effect on your emotions. Biological anthropologist, Helen Fisher would also disagree with Shakespeare’s allegations that emotional love is everlasting and never fades. According to Fisher, “This euphoric feeling is not meant to last. We wouldn’t make good parents, or be able to be very productive at our jobs, if we maintained this obsessive, driven, roller-coaster state of mind for many years.” Fisher is expressing that the emotion of love that is felt is not supposed to be eternal, it is temporary not only for personal productivity, but for sanity as well.Contrary to Shakespeare, Marvell introduces the concept that there is not enough time in the world to possibly love every part of someone through physical love. Marvell brings up that he will take “a hundred years to
Marvell states “my vegetable love should grow Vaster than empires, and more slow” (Marvell 11-12). This means that if he had all the time in the world, he would slowly expand his love and feelings for the woman considering that he has not developed them yet. However, towards the middle of the poem, Marvell confesses that there is not enough time and there is pressure. He states, “but at my back I always hear Time’s wingѐd chariot hurrying near; and yonder all before us lie deserts of vast eternity” (Marvell 21-24). Unlike Shakespeare’s, Marvel’s poem is about a physical love. Marvel states “now let us sport us while we may, and now, like amorous birds of prey, rather at once our time devour” (Marvell 37-39). He is saying that in the short amount of time that they have together, they can freely mate and have sexual relations. Marvel also adds to the physical love by saying “though we cannot make our sun stand still, yet we will make him run” meaning that with him, he can make the time go by fast (Marvell 45-46). According to Michelle Alva, the physical love that Marvell is describing is lust. Alva states “Lust is the first stage of falling in love. It's driven by desire. The sex hormones play an important role in this stage” meaning that Marvell is depicting a strong sexual desire for the women in the poem. Marvell’s viewpoint of love is a physical attraction and he acknowledges that there is not …show more content…
Shakespeare brings up the idea that he knows what emotional love is when he states “if this be error and upon me proved, I never writ, nor man ever loved” (Shakespeare 13-14). It can be interpreted that Shakespeare believes that people do not fall out of love and he also believes that love is unending. According to Amruta Kr, Shakespeare’s love fades because “nothing is constant. Everything is gonna end. So is love. It is going to gradually fade and then end.” Amruta Kr’s idea is convincible because our minds are constantly developing, so those kind words that were said a year ago no longer have an effect on your emotions. Biological anthropologist, Helen Fisher would also disagree with Shakespeare’s allegations that emotional love is everlasting and never fades. According to Fisher, “This euphoric feeling is not meant to last. We wouldn’t make good parents, or be able to be very productive at our jobs, if we maintained this obsessive, driven, roller-coaster state of mind for many years.” Fisher is expressing that the emotion of love that is felt is not supposed to be eternal, it is temporary not only for personal productivity, but for sanity as well.Contrary to Shakespeare, Marvell introduces the concept that there is not enough time in the world to possibly love every part of someone through physical love. Marvell brings up that he will take “a hundred years to