Theme of Love in The Definition of Love and To His Coy Mistress. (Comparative study)
Theme of Love in The Definition of Love and To His Coy Mistress. (Comparative study) "The Definition of Love" and "To His Coy Mistress" are two of the most celebrated poems of Andrew Marvell where he presents the idea of love in a most excellent manner and draws the two states of love which are spiritual and physical respectively. In the poem "To His Coy Mistress", Marvell has sexualized love, and in "The Definition of Love", he has spiritualized love. These two poems also show how time and fate play an important role in making love. But both poems are dealt with the theme of love. However, Marvell's treatment of love in these two poems is given below: In "To His Coy Mistress", Marvell presents physical love. This is probably the best known poem of Andrew Marvell. It is a love poem in which he has sexualized love and the speaker offers a strong plea for the beloved to soften towards him and to relax her rigid attitude of Puritanical...