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Answer: He's hopeless at this point and doesn't understand why she doesn't love him and why she continues to deny him.

Lines 37-40

How is the speaker trying to deal with life's limitations?

Answer: By convincing his mistress that they need to use their time while they can. They want to control time, not let time control them.

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.

The End.

What is the message of the poem?

Significant Line:

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.

"To His Coy Mistress"

By:Andrew Marvell

Presenters: Carly McCarthy, Alison Litthong, & Rachel Cutrell

Figurative Language

3 Important Words:

Answer: Up until this point he's trying to be optimistic and hopeful in their love. He's very determined.

1. Coy is significant because Marvell wants more than his mistress does. He wants her virginity but she's not willing to give it up. She is unwilling to make that commitment to him.

2. Vegetable love is significant because it is a perfect example of their love. Their love grows slowly but could become very strong.

3. Long-preserved is significant because it shows how great her virginity is and how she will not give what she has preserved up to him. She may die with her virginity.

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.

Lines 5-7

Why does the speaker choose to place his lover at Ganges and himself at the Humber? What is the objective?

Line 20

How would you describe the speaker's tone up to this point?

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