to his coy mistress

BRYAN ASBELL "TO HIS COY MISTRESS" The purpose of Andrew Marvell's poem "To His Coy Mistress" is the capture of love true love, something that is worldwide. Courtship is important today as it was in the 1600's. The character in the poem, possibly Andrew Marvell himself, wants sexual relations, perhaps as an act of love, with the woman in the title, and the lady appears resistant. He is trying to convince her to carpe diem, …

…stand still we can make our love last an eternity. In summary, this poem tells the story of a man trying to convince his love that they should seize the moment, seize the day. The poem is testimonial of how true love is. The meaning and message seems to travel over time, with the passion felt today is the same as that felt in 1681. How love is when you give body, heart, soul, and mind.