Love
To
His copy Mistress Andrew Marvell, England (1621-1678)
b.
Apply the four levels of meaning to the poem “To His Copy Mistress”.
Literal
Comprehension: This romantic love poem is composed
by Andrew Marvell. The speaker is in Deep Ocean of love and praising the value
of his beloved very much. The speaker of the poem wishes if he had enough time he would sit and spend a lot of time with
his beloved. He would spend plenty of time to praise either her forehead or
eyes or breast. He hopes he would spend unlimited time with his beloved. But
the speaker is hastening that the vehicle of time is running quickly telling
that beauty youth are matters of decay. With the passage fo time everything
will decay. So the speaker requests his beloved to be according to the demand
fo time. So they can’t stop the sum from moving. It is request of the speaker
to be united and burn the light of love in time. It is sure to pass youth and
beauty and become meaningless things after death no one will praise her beauty
in the grave. Whatever they have to do they must do in right time.
Interpretation:
this beautiful love poem might be trying
to make us to understand the value of time “Time and tide wait for nome”
is clearly presented here. Whatever (love, duty, and others) works we love to
do we should do in time. In the process of love the lover is wooing his shy
beloved to understand the boundary of time and love when she has youth.
Sometimes we are
carefree of our life but the pace of time reminds us what we are doing and
where we are going. So, to impart the
value of time and do our duty in time this love poem is inspiring us a lot.
Critical thinking: This love poem has logical
presentation. There are three movements in the process of love within the
rotation of time. It begins with “ If we had …. Time” proceeds with “But ….we
do not” and concludes with “therefore…”. Since it is purely love provoking
poem, there is exaggerations. Thought there is ideal presentation of love and
lovers’ activities, the speaker has not gone out of the boundary of time. But
we are confused: Is this love for purely spiritual or just for physical
passion? Is it speaker’s intension to sex? Even then the poem is really romantic,
impressive and appealing one.
Assimilation: After reading this poem I
came to know that there is much value of time and out youth, which is fully
controlled. Time and beauty of youth pas like the fading of blooming rose. Not
only love but any passion to do any progress should be done in time. “Later
is better than never” is not suitable in case of love and youth because the
blooming rose of love will be plucked by somebody sooner. This poem on the one
hand reminded me to get married in time not being over thirty. One the other
hand I should make my bright career during my youth otherwise with the floating
of time I will float and miss everything. I will just have of repent them.
c. Interpret the poem “To
His Coy Mistress” as a romantic love poem.
The poem may be trying to
show that we should do everything in time because time is going on with its
movement. If the time and poet’s beloved were same forever, there would not be
any hurry to make love. If the beauty and youth lasts longer, there will not be
any tension I becoming hurry. This shows that the speaker seems a bit crazy in
love. He seems to be in sensual love, which is fully related to emotions
feelings and imaginations. We may raise some questions that are youth and
beauty only for love? Are not old people be in love? This shows that the poet
is deadly in love.
No doubt, in love there
must be faith truth and beauty. Since love is life which is a combination of
two souls. It shouldn’t be artificial one. Like the speaker’s view time changes
everything but love never dies. Love is not only sexual desire. It is a matter
of soul not of the skin.
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