"Time's winged chariot hurrying near"
Andrew Marvell, in the poem To His Coy Mistress, explains the importance of savoring the moment. The view he expresses is known as carpe diem which is "seizing the moment." He uses an allusion to greek times when he says: "Time's winged chariot hurrying near." The author expresses his yearning to take advantage of the moment and not let any time be wasted. The whole second stanza is the authors expression how quickly time is passing and how he wants to spend each passing moment with the girl. He does not want his lusts turn to ash as they grow older and their beauty wilts with age. This poem is the author's pleading expression seizing the moment.
Thursday, October 7, 2010
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Thorir, I totally agree with you, when you say that the author is pleading expression to seize the moment. And you describe how in the second stanza he is saying how badly he wants to "spend each passing moment with the girl." But you leave out the violent and rough words that he uses in the second stanza. Why do you think he used such words? Like "Rough", "Strife", "Strength", do you think it is because he is so passionate about his love towards her, the only way he can express it is through his passionate and strong words? I wonder.
ReplyDeleteWhat about those rough words? To scare her? Or passionate?
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