oberservation 2

"To His Coy Mistress" is a love poem in sorts by Andrew Marvell. This is a poem that is familiar to me because I have discussed it in depth in high school. The speaker in the poem is talking to his mistress. However, it is not a typical love poem. It is not sweet, kind, or innocent like we think of a love poem. The speaker is trying to convince his mistress to hav esex with him. The speaker is quite graphic about what he wants to do. The speaker is also very graphic about why and the consequences. He is afraid that his mistress will be dead and buried by the time that they would have sex. The poem got me thinking that it was a very interesting way to go about trying to convince someone to have sex with you. And I really wasn't even too sure that I was following the logic of his argument. The poem was interesting to read and think about that someone really wrote this poem as a conversation between 2 lovers.