"To His Coy Mistress"- Andrew Marvell

"To His Coy Mistress" by Andrew Marvell suggests that life should be lived to the fullest through a seductive letter. By the use of explicit imagery and particular diction that the idea sounds reasonable and this is supported by clever sequencing. By starting the poem with "Had we but world enough and time", A. Marvell approaches the seducement gently explaining how love would be so friend-like if life was eternal. Marvell uses "love's day, love …

…may suggest that the love between Marvell and the mistress should be physical, determine in engaging in physical sex. These words "sweetness, pleasures, soul" are used by Marvell to support in his argument of having sex because they have the connotation of being right and enjoyable. Marvell's emphasizes that virginity should not be preserved but it may also mean that we should do what we possibly can on earth, making the short time worth while.