Here’s a classic poem about sexual seduction written over 350 years ago.
Read Andrew Marvell’s poem, "To His Coy Mistress." (This famous poem is easily downloaded from the internet.)
Andrew Marvell is one of the great early British poets. He was more famous in his day for being a high-ranking politician during Cromwell’s "Protectorate" during the middle 1600s. He was born around the time Shakespeare died. "To His Coy Mistrress" is his most widely read poem.
Written assignment:
Answer these questions: 1. What is the most arresting IMAGE (as in Literary Imagery) in the poem?
2. What is the poem’s theme? (a famous Latin phrase is often used to describe the theme of this poem)
3. How is the poem structured?
