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Carpe Momentum (and sleep with me!) Marvell employs a bevy of poetic effects in “His Coy Mistress” to capture his mistress in the moment and pressure her to capitulate to his desire. The poem is divided into three sections, each possessing a mini-theme: the first section, lines 1-20, is dedicated to Marvell professing his over-whelming and outrageous desire for his mistress; the second section, lines 21-32, warns his mistress on the conditions and limitations of time; the third section, lines 33-46, implores his mistress to stop resisting temptation. Even though each section carries its own idea, they are connected by the overall theme of the poem: “time is of the essence, so seize the moment.” Marvell’s use of imagery, sound, and rhythm in each stanza support the comprehensive theme of the poem to persuade his mistress to sleep with him. Marvell employs imagery-building techniques such as metaphors, similes, and personification to convince his mistress of the ideas presented in each section. In the first section, he uses several metaphors to elucidate the never-ending devotion of his love. By stating that he will love her “until the conversion of the Jews” (10), he is comparing the timelessness of his love to the dedication of Jews to their religion. Since the conversion of the Jews is interpreted as a signal to the end of time, he is saying he will love her forever. In the second section Marvell employs metaphors such as “Times winged chariot” (22) and “Deserts of vast Eternity” (24) to respectively insinuate the notions that time (in this instance time is an euphemism for death) comes swiftly for humans and that death invites immeasurable years of nothing (i.e.
Approximate Word count = 972
Approximate Pages = 3.9
(250 words per page double spaced)
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