A Line-By-Line Analsis of Andrew Marvell's Controversial Poem "To His Coy Mistress".

As depicted in Andrew Marvell's "To His Coy Mistress," for the best affection to flourish between a couple, love must be embraced at its greatest point during the prime of youth and life. The first stanza of the poem, via numerous romantic suggestions, gives the impression that infinite and timeless love can prosper between two consenting lovers. As the poem opens, the speaker's heart tells the object of its desire that once its love is …

…mistress if she accepts his love. He personifies the sun, and argues that they do not in fact have the power to make the sun "stand still" (46), but that when combining their love they can make the sun, the greatest metaphor of life and vibrancy which even the enlightened ancient Greeks thought of as the most powerful entity in existence, "run" (46) just as their love metaphorically now runs passionately amuck for now and all eternity.