To His Coy Mistress (Blog 7)

Author of To His Coy Mistress: Andrew Marvell

To His Coy Mistress is an argumentative poem in which the speaker is trying to seduce a woman who he is affectionate for. The argument is a three-piece argument, which starts with an appeal to emotion in which the speaker tells his love that “Had we but world enough, and time, This coyness, lady, were no crime” (1-2). It is hard to miss the slight jab in which he is telling his love that her coyness is not acceptable; however his argument stands and he continues on to explain how they don’t have enough time and so his mistress must hurry until finally he attacks her by saying that because they don’t have enough time and she cant bring anything to her grave, she must be with him now.