To His Coy Mistress By Andrew Marvel Analysis

Living in the moment. The infamous line, which we heard at least once or twice in our lives, derives from the notion of the Latin word carpe diem. The 21st century took a tremendous turn when Drake came out with a song called “The Motto”, ultimately having a varied influence on people’s lives. The rapper shoved down the word “YOLO” in everyone’s head, implying to not live by any pressures dictated by contemporary society. But what does carpe diem really imply? Think about it. If we live by seizing the day, then we are finding our purpose, forgetting the past, and focusing on today. But at the same time it’s an objectively crazy advice. If one person has no care for tomorrow, then why not get drunk every night, try every drug out there, or gamble their money away? Is it something we need to live by? Or is it a motto that we need to be cautious of? In the cleverly filthy poem, “To his Coy Mistress” by Andrew Marvell, it’s a perfect example of the Latin notion that shows the benefits and the drawbacks of living by carpe diem. Marvell famously opens with a scare-tactic of the concept of a lover’s argument in pursuing his mistress to his sexual desires. The speaker uses the recurring motif of time and how it is …show more content…
This may be because she values her virtue she has set for her life. This poem is focused more on the narrator’s desires and thoughts. Ones goal of love or lust to be attained could always differ from another’s. One can infer that the narrator’s idea of carpe diem is about seducing an attractive coy woman for a one-night stand. Where as the coy mistress does not want to give in to the narrators wooing most likely due to her upbringing about love being developed in a solidified relationship, rather than a lustful, potential, one-night fling. If she does give in to this type of love that she does not know of, it may go against her idea of carpe