To_His_Coy_Mistress_By_Andrew_Marvell

To His Coy Mistress By Andrew Marvell In the poem “To His Coy Mistress” by Andrew Marvell, time is one of the main points of the poem. The theme is live life to its fullest and seize the day. The narrator is trying to lure a woman into sleeping with him by using time as an excuse, much like today’s times.. He (the narrator) talks about this woman’s beauty and how he will love her forever but forever may be tomorrow. This poem symbolizes living every day like it is your last. The narrator states, “then worms shall try-That long preserved virginity…”(27-28) that lets you know that he is trying to get this woman to sleep with him. The narrator says he would love her “Ten years before the flood” Which basically means forever so she might as well just sleep with him. This poem was written in the 1600’s and in those days men were praised for sleeping with many women before they were married but when the women did it they were frowned upon, much like today’s times. Although we (society) are getting better about being so gender biased it is still thought that a man that coy, mistress, time, poem, day, forever, trying, narrator, last, about, women, woman, sleep, really, people, much, men, love, written, worms, makes, life, beauty, virgin, think, tells, states, shall, seize, say, living, live, just, fullest, because, beautiful