Posted by Tatyana Lazukova (24.23.55.15) on June 28, 2005 at 6:17:15 p.m.:
In Reply to: Re: "To His Coy Mistress" posted by Sara Dastoum on June 27, 2005 at 9:43:39 p.m.:
HI Sara,
Reading on line about elements of poetry helped me to better understand this piece of literature.Definitely it is a love poem. In fact I think this is a pursuasive poem because the author of the poem is convincing his lover to go bed with him. The author demonstrates his passion and he uses all elements of drama tp express the meaning of the poem.
>Upon closer inspection with the elements of poetry and hearing the audio version, I'm not quite sure how to react. Though it is a love poem, I feel that the poem gets a little creepy. The alliteration of the first four lines in the poem allowed me to closely inspect those lines, and has me thinking that the "love" poem is simply about getting the coy mistress to stop being so "coy" and to let him seduce her already, because he feels he doesn't have time to waste. "Had we but world enough, and time... This coyness, lady, were no crime."
>>My first impression is that this is a love poem. The character is trying to tell the coy mistress how much he adores her, and that they shouldn't waste any time when it comes to love.