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Answer: The author is trying to get his mistress to give up her virginity and she's not giving it to him. He says throughout the poem how she is worth all the time to wait for her, but everyone eventually dies, they don't have forever to wait. He thinks if he doesn't have time to take her virginity then worms will do it in her grave.
Line 28: "That long-preserved virginity."
This line is significant because it shows how Marvell's mistress is not just going to give up something that is so valuable to her, her virginity.
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Imagery: "My echoing song; then worms shall try"
Example of sight imagery, the writer is painting a picture of his mistress' virgin body getting eaten by worms.
Imagery: "Desserts of vast eternity"
Example of Sight imagery, it's trying to get a picture of eternity in your head because desserts seem to go on forever.
Symbolism: "This coyness, lady, were no crime."
Coyness symbolism his mistress' virginity, and he can accept that.
Line 32
How has the speaker's tone changed?
Answer: They are a world apart, but the objective is that he will not give up on her and what he wants from her.
How would you describe the speaker's tone up to this point?