English Comparative Essay
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This a comparative analysis of poems To His Coy Mistress, Lets Misbehave (actually is a song) and The Sunne Rising. It was supposed to be 4 poems, but Im pretty sure a paragraph went missing, so this is up for repairs.
English Comparative Essay.
The collection of texts presented in this essay depicts an underlying theme of love. The texts have been examined and explored in order to note the similarities or differences in various categories. To compare two texts by the length of their stanza would be to diminish the value of its words; indeed a comparison of texts must come from the connotation.
The subject of love is most definitely the most important and prominent theme in the four texts creating a likely similarity however, love, being an emotion can be exposed in diverse ways. To His Coy Mistress by Andrew Marvell and Lets Misbehave by Cole Porter both expose love and lust. To His Coy Mistress starts by telling of an undying love for a lady “ÐI would love you 10 years before the floodÐ…” how nothing could be as precious as her. The second stanza continues the love theme while adding a contrasting idea about preserving a girls innocence is one thing but preserving them until they die is a waste. “Ð…The graves a fine and private place, but none, I think, do there embraceÐ…” Nonetheless, another statement is projected in the next stanza. If preserving until the grave is a waste then grasp the prize while it is still youthful and “Ð…let us roll all our strength, and all our sweetness, up into a ball: and tear our pleasure with rough strifeÐ…”
To His Coy Mistress is somewhat similar to the previous text, opening with a lady so proper, focused on a career and no family. “Ð…you could have a great career, and you shouldÐ…” However not long into the text is another expression portrayed. For its time, (19th century) the text would be considered extremely bawdy. “Ð…were all alone, no chaperoneÐ…” The writers instinct of lust takes over his expression of love and makes the poem quite lewd.
Similarly, Go from me. Yet I feel that I shall stand… by Elizabeth Barrett Browning and The Sunne Rising by John Donne also convey a strong message of