Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Tone in "To Coy His Mistress"

Being that this poem is about a man trying to convince the listener to go to bed with them and "seize the day", many would expect it to have a vulgar or swoozing tone. The tone in this poem is far from. This specific poem tends to have a very lighthearted tone. He seems to be more sincere than you would expect him to be. It seems as though all he wants is you to go to bed with him, but he does it in a very softhearted way. You aren't immediately disgusted as you would expect to be when one is convincing you to do such a thing. The line that speaks "Two hundred to adore each breast"(line 15 Marvell) makes you wonder the man's real intentions. He is giving off hints of him actually adoring the listener but when in all actuality he is a con.

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