The narrator says that because they have such little time on earth, they should spend it together while they are still young and beautiful. Yet, the narrator claims he is completely in love with the coy mistress and that he would love her forever if only time could allow it. This upcoming quote shows the narrator's proclaimed love and how he attempts to persuade the mistress with words,“He declares his love in fantastic, larger-than-life terms in the first twenty lines, because he is describing an admittedly unreal situation: his love would grow to span continents and stretch from the beginning of time to the end, he tells her, if only it could” (“To His Coy Mistress” 279). The main dilemma within the poem is the aspect of time; time is seen as a reason for the narrator's haste in being with the mistress. The narrator has attempted multiple times to get his coy mistress to fall in love with him, but she has refused him every time. Because of this, the narrator wrote this letter as an attempted plea for her returned love because of their limited years left. These lines from the poem show how the narrator feels harassed constantly by time and how he wants to be with the coy mistress to appease time, “But at my back I always hear time’s wingèd chariot hurrying near; and yonder all before us lie deserts of vast eternity” (Dali 1). Yes, the narrator does in fact want to have sex with this coy mistress, and that is truly his overall goal, but he claims that he has a powerful love for her. However, his obvious infatuation and lust for her is seen overwhelmingly throughout the poem. Marvell gives this poem a type of love and romance appeal, however it is fully about infatuation and obsession between the narrator and the mistress. The element of infatuation is seen a great deal of times especially since the narrator mainly discusses her
The narrator says that because they have such little time on earth, they should spend it together while they are still young and beautiful. Yet, the narrator claims he is completely in love with the coy mistress and that he would love her forever if only time could allow it. This upcoming quote shows the narrator's proclaimed love and how he attempts to persuade the mistress with words,“He declares his love in fantastic, larger-than-life terms in the first twenty lines, because he is describing an admittedly unreal situation: his love would grow to span continents and stretch from the beginning of time to the end, he tells her, if only it could” (“To His Coy Mistress” 279). The main dilemma within the poem is the aspect of time; time is seen as a reason for the narrator's haste in being with the mistress. The narrator has attempted multiple times to get his coy mistress to fall in love with him, but she has refused him every time. Because of this, the narrator wrote this letter as an attempted plea for her returned love because of their limited years left. These lines from the poem show how the narrator feels harassed constantly by time and how he wants to be with the coy mistress to appease time, “But at my back I always hear time’s wingèd chariot hurrying near; and yonder all before us lie deserts of vast eternity” (Dali 1). Yes, the narrator does in fact want to have sex with this coy mistress, and that is truly his overall goal, but he claims that he has a powerful love for her. However, his obvious infatuation and lust for her is seen overwhelmingly throughout the poem. Marvell gives this poem a type of love and romance appeal, however it is fully about infatuation and obsession between the narrator and the mistress. The element of infatuation is seen a great deal of times especially since the narrator mainly discusses her