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TWO ENGLISH POEMS.   Term Paper ID:30670 Click to get this paper Essay Subject: Analysis of two poems on the subject of sex.... More... 4 Pages / 900 Words 2 sources, 0 Citations, MLA Format $16.00 Return to List of Papers Paper Abstract: Analysis of two poems on the subject of sex. John Donne's "THE FLEA," and Andrew Marvell's "TO HIS COY MISTRESS." Donne's use of religious imagery and circular argument. Marvell's use of land as a metaphor, and exaggerated imagery. Common subject of male character seeking sexual union with a specific female. Paper Introduction: The subject of John Donne’s ‘The Flea’ and Andrew Marvell’s ‘To His Coy Mistress’ is the pursuit of elusive sexual congress between consenting adults. In each particular poem, the main character, utilizing the voice of the male gender, seeks union for a night of uncontrollable passion with a specific female object of affection. Donne uses religious imagery within his poem, while Marvell uses the metaphor of land. In Marvell’s poem, he likens the lady of his pursuit to the exotic and conquered land of India while the main male character is likened to the less enchanting hills of England near the Humber River. In Donne’s poem, his religious imagery may be seen in his use of phrases. ‘Confesse it’, ‘one blood made of two’ (which is also an implication of sex and/or pregnancy because the mother and child are ‘two’, the ‘three lives in one flea’ that is repre Text of the Paper: The entire text of the paper is shown below. However, the text is somewhat scrambled. We want to give you as much information as we possibly can about our papers and essays, but we cannot give them away for free. In the text below you will find that while disordered, many of the phrases are essentially intact. From this text you will be able to get a solid sense of the writing style, the concepts addressed, and the sources used in the research paper. utilizing the voiceof the male land In Marvell's poem helikens In Donne's poem his religious imagery maybe seen in two' the three lives in innocence Marvell's use of imagery is found in exaggeration to praise Thine eyes andproceeds to commence be devoted to the admiration ofeach and every body part lie deserts of vast eternity While flattery is Marvell's choice the I'of the poem is lying in bed with his In the century mind the very idea of sex shedidn't dare Then he continues his seductive argument by stating shall be one flesh' Heargues then that since as to reinforce theseduction argument but it will to kill the flea Donne arguesthen on the other hand is Rather they talk on and on for lest the lewdness of the insult be is taunting his mistress Donne's argument is circular The flea They are just reacted to and then shemakes the most himto make a point For more than wee would doe It the mistress' loss of virginity Marvell their own tedium and insufficiencies Onehas to wonder dainties no matter what cost Editor pages th edition April W W Norton Co W Norton Co of elusive sexual congress between consentingadults Donne uses religious imagery withinhis Indiawhile the main male character is likened to the an implication of sex and or pregnancy sinnes in killingthree still more utilization of the mistress character remaining elusive until the end of thousand years torest' He then heart' It is almost depressing when the Donne's choice isargumentative persuasion Within the there together he notices a flea that together in its flea body the flea up this argument he refers to the married inthe eyes of God proceeds to the nextlogical thing marriage as figuredwithin the flea She is therefore suitor'svow To me you shall always be lovely Nor short shelf life and therefore that long preserved virginity and the stanzas butis abruptly turned around Interestingly the Donne often uses hyperbole in lewd and playful especially followed Donne is arguing that the deathof the in his writingbut like Donne he touches on we gain any insight on this matter from Donne Literature by Jerome Beaty Editor J Editor J Paul Hunter Editor Carl E Bain The subject of John Donne's The Flea' gender seeks union for a night of the lady of his pursuit his use of phrases Confesse it' one one flea' that is representativeof Take the phrase'till the conversion of the Jews' with further exaggerations of time lengths for adoringthe lady's of the Lady with the last to eventually lead his lady friendto his bed lover His ultimate purpose ofcourse is to seduce her into wasthat of a mingling of the blood' matter-of-factlythat since the flea has done they have mingled their bloods and are therefore'one blood' also provide the ammunition he requires todefend himself when the that by spilling their blood by killing the flea she very explicit about the threat hishurry-up invitation implies thebenefit of virgins how desire is found to lost onthe lady Marvell proceeds to introduce a pair of starts and ends as nothing The argument gains a controlling statement in the poem with instance the line One blood made is also fitting to notethat in does not so much favor the obfuscated syntax nor the if the joy lay more is all thatreally matters WORKS CITED John Donne The Andrew Marvell To his Coy Mistress' In each particular poem the main character poem while Marvell uses the metaphor of less enchanting hills ofEngland near the Humber River because the motherand child are image of the Holy Trinity and bloodof the world Laterthen he proposes a hundred years should go proposes an entire age to poetmarvels how yonder all before us story as related by the poem is bloated upon obviouslyhaving bitten them both has given to him what Anglican weddingceremonial vows which state that man and woman Bringing God into the argument is not only done so She moves in a fashion so as committing a grievous sacrilege Marvell even I shall love youforever despite the ravages of age the ladies must get theirs while thegetting is good Nevertheless your quaint honorturns to dust' Marvell's lover female in this poem neverhas her particular objections noted this poem a technique utilized by by the teasing of the line And this alas is flea is more important than the boundaries of excess His use ofsimiles and metaphors profess and Marvell physical union with beautiful Paul Hunter Editor Carl E Bain Editor pages th edition April W and Andrew Marvell's To HisCoy Mistress' is the pursuit uncontrollable passion witha specific female object of affection to the exotic and conquered land of blood made of two' which is also the holy trinity and more cloysterd sacrilege three In his writing Marvell is eluding tothe breasts two hundred years each and thirty age' devoted solely tothe admiration of her as an active and willing participant giving her virginity to him While they arelying so the he' realizes that by mixingtheir bloods it' why then should not they Incontinuation of backing they are practically one flesh' and are therefore female of the poem story is committingfigurative murder and also breaking the holy bond of Neither poet professes the faithful be as ruthless as time Desirehas a genital insinuations Then worms shall try strong note of confidence throughout her non-verbalstatement of action her crushing of the flea of two This lineis both the first two lines of this stanza feverishdisplay of philosophical speculation such as Donne displays in the pursuit of the elusive or theconquest If Flea The Norton Introduction to The Norton Introduction to Literature by Jerome Beaty utilizing the voiceof the male land In Marvell's poem helikens In Donne's poem his religious imagery maybe seen in two' the three lives in innocence Marvell's use of imagery is found in exaggeration to praise Thine eyes andproceeds to commence be devoted to the admiration ofeach and every body part lie deserts of vast eternity While flattery is Marvell's choice the I'of the poem is lying in bed with his In the century mind the very idea of sex shedidn't dare Then he continues his seductive argument by stating shall be one flesh' Heargues then that since as to reinforce theseduction argument but it will to kill the flea Donne arguesthen on the other hand is Rather they talk on and on for lest the lewdness of the insult be is taunting his mistress Donne's argument is circular The flea They are just reacted to and then shemakes the most himto make a point For more than wee would doe It the mistress' loss of virginity Marvell their own tedium and insufficiencies Onehas to wonder dainties no matter what cost Editor pages th edition April W W Norton Co W Norton Co of elusive sexual congress between consentingadults Donne uses religious imagery withinhis Indiawhile the main male character is likened to the an implication of sex and or pregnancy sinnes in killingthree still more utilization of the mistress character remaining elusive until the end of thousand years torest' He then heart' It is almost depressing when the Donne's choice isargumentative persuasion Within the there together he notices a flea that together in its flea body the flea up this argument he refers to the married inthe eyes of God proceeds to the nextlogical thing marriage as figuredwithin the flea She is therefore suitor'svow To me you shall always be lovely Nor short shelf life and therefore that long preserved virginity and the stanzas butis abruptly turned around Interestingly the Donne often uses hyperbole in lewd and playful especially followed Donne is arguing that the deathof the in his writingbut like Donne he touches on we gain any insight on this matter from Donne Literature by Jerome Beaty Editor J Editor J Paul Hunter Editor Carl E Bain If this paper is not what you are looking for, you can search again: Search for: or Click here to request an essay 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