In Andrew Marvell's Coy Mistress the author characterizes a man do whatever he can to sleep with this beautiful coy mistres. The author throughout the poem is making ba very convincing argument to the coy mistress inorder for her to "sleep with him. He expresses If it wasn't for time he would take her around the world. He is showing patience on one hand and on the other rushing her to make her desesion; the author is very clever and showing some complexity in his argument getting into the head of the coy mistress. In the first stanza he states if only there was enough time. In the second stanza he begins scare her by implying her that she won't always look this goosd and begin to to get old. "My echoing song; then worms shall try
That long preserv'd virginity,". He fears her to believe that the if she decides not to sleep with him, her virginity will be taken from the worms in her grave. ". After putting time and the her virginity in perspective, he moves on in stanza three to argue her beauty is in her prime right now so she might as well make the most of her beauty. "Now therefore, while the youthful hue
Sits on thy skin like morning dew,". Her beauty is like the beginning of a new day she will not look any better in her life than right now and now is the time to lose her virginity. Author creates a very persuasive argument presented to the coy mistress that will be difficult for the coy mistress to pass up..
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