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Bipin Chhetri Professor David Styler English - 102 05/10/ 2018

TIME: Surreal and Real

Imagine that today was the last day of your life, how would you choose to live the moment? We all might have a different interpretation, but the speaker of the poem "To His Coy Mistress,” by Andrew Marvell wants to fulfill his sexual desire with a young Mistress. The speaker in the poem suggests his coy mistress “seize the day.” By this, the speaker claims that time is inevitably running out and he wishes the coy mistress to fulfill his desires and be in a sexual relationship before time expires. The speaker talks about the surreal imagery of being immortal and praising every part of the mistress. Further, the speaker comes to reality and pressurizes her mentioning where her virginity will be penetrated after death. As critic David Kelly says, “Whether you believe that his use of death imagery is sincere or just the speaker’s trick on the girl, the fact remains that, using sex, love, and wordplay, this poem can take readers closer to the truth about life and death than they would ordinarily choose to go.” By this, he suggests that with limited time one can enjoy life involving in activities such as sex and love, which pushes away the fear of death at the end of life.

Chhetri The speaker in the first stanza (line 1 to 20) talks about the infinite amount of time he wishes to give to praise every part of the Mistress. According to the poem, if time were limitless, he would gladly accept the rejection by the Mistress because he has all the time in the world until the mistress finally agrees to give up her coyness. Speaker also adds that he would take every step so slowly that he would sit down and think which way to go. The Speaker says (line 10 to16), “My vegetable love should grow vaster than empires and more slow; An hundred years should go to praise. Thine eyes, and on thy forehead gaze”. By this, the speaker give the reader surreal imagery of never-ending time which is practically impossible. The Speakers tries to impress the coy mistress that he would go smoothly loving her as slowly as possible. Following that, he keeps on praising the mistress, showing he wants to enjoy her part by part, but the truth of reality signifies that there is not enough time to do so. The Speaker in the second stanza (line 21 to 32) talks about time’s effects in the most offensive terms possible using imagery of Death. The speaker mentions the limitation of time the mistress has by introducing personification of time(death) is flying in a chariot. By this, the speaker suggests time is slipping away as death is approaching because they are not immortal. The speaker says” That long-preserved virginity, And your quaint honor turns to dust, And into ashes all my lust. The grave’s a fine and private place, but none, I think, do there embrace”. According to this quote, the speaker talks about the loss of beauty that happens to the mistress over time, mainly, pointing out to the mistress whose beauty will die out too with the lust of speaker. Furthermore, the speaker mentions Death is the final destination for all and after death the virginity and honor the Coy mistress has preserved so long will be penetrated by worms. All the honor and preserved virginity Mistress kept for so long will be worthless at the end of life when

Chhetri the larvae consume her corpse. The speaker gives away a reality that time cannot come back once it passes and they shall enjoy the moment fulfilling one's needs when they can still explore it. The final stanza (line 32 to 46) in the poem reflects about what the speaker and the mistress can do now and make the most of their time enjoying and fulfilling their desires. The speaker concludes in the final stanza that he wants to cuddle up rolling as one and breaking through the barrier of restrained life. The speaker quotes” Let us roll all our strength and all Our sweetness up into one ball, And tear our pleasures with rough strife, Through the iron gates of life. Thus, though we cannot make our sun Stand still, yet we will make him run.” In the heat of the moment, the speaker suggests the mistress to quickly engage in Sexual intercourse as soon as possible before time takes its toll. The central claim of the speaker here is that fulfilling the desire that he has is a resolution to go against time. Escaping death is impossible; however, one can stop worrying about the end and fulfill their desires making most out of what is left. Such action is relatable in real life situations where one can live their lives doing the thing that makes them happy and satisfied, and when death comes, one can say “I lived my life.” In a nutshell, the writes omit a bitter truth of life that time is limited for everyone and one should focus on living their life before they hit the deadline. Using fear of death, between the speaker and the coy Mistress as his poetic Characters, Andrew Marvell shows readers the truth of life, that is shorter than one's expectations. Imagining how one can live if time were limitless and came back to the real world where the time ticks the same way, he concludes Stick with reality and enjoy while you can. Going back in an imaginary time where the speaker and the mistress can enjoy themselves but also adding that it is not possible, the speaker concludes to get involved physical relationship before they run out of time.

Chhetri Works Cited Kelly, David. ”To His Coy Mistress." Poetry for Students, edited by Mary Ruby, vol. 5, Gale,

1999,pp. 275-288. Gale Virtual Reference Library,

http://link.galegroup.com.rpa.laguardia.edu:2048/apps/doc/CX2691300030/G VRL?u=cu June 2018.

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