English Literature / Unit 8 ENL 0710 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Andrew Marvell: "To His Coy Mistress"
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The idea
Marvell, Milton's assistant as Latin Secretary and later a member of Parliament, argued the carpe diem case in three movements: "Had we but World enough, and Time," he would court her for ages; but time's chariot hurries near; so let them seize their pleasure now.
In practice
If, but, therefore.
Where people slip
The poem is built as a logical argument.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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