Comparison Poetry Essay
Poetry Essay
Each one of the poems offers a unique view upon love. The first poem by Robert Herrick, "To the Virgins to make much of Time," focuses upon the idea of carpe diem. The poem stresses the idea of marriage while love and flesh are still young and believes this gift of virginity to be a great waste if not given while it is still desirable. Marvell also uses the carpe diem theme to his poem ‘To His Coy Mistress,’ however with three certain sections within the poem. The first part elaborates on the idea of unlimited time; this then evolves a ‘but’ into the poem that everything must come to end and death catches up upon us. Then in the last third of the poem the word ‘therefore’ comes into play as the poet says that we should enjoy the time we now have with one another. The last poem by William Shakespeare, Sonnet 18, is much different as it takes a very different approach to the youth of marriage, he uses descriptions of nature, and the power and images that they imply, and directly compares them to the power the young man possesses in his youth. Although all poems are very similar, each has its own unique way to voice its opinion. The two that are more similar to each other would be Marvell and Herrick’s poem as they both use the carpe diem theme, although to different levels.
Robert Herrick, "To the Virgins to make much of Time," focuses upon the idea of carpe diem the most throughout all of the poems. In the opening stanza, the poet articulates the carpe diem theme that urges one to “Seize the Day.” The poem stresses the idea of marriage while ones love and flesh remain young and ripe, or one will have to take consequences in suffering in their later years with loneliness and die, knowing what they may have missed out upon. Herrick believes that the gift each woman is given, the greatest gift, a woman’s virginity to be a great waste if not taken while the desired woman still is so. Virginity is one of; if not the greatest gift a woman can give for the
Each one of the poems offers a unique view upon love. The first poem by Robert Herrick, "To the Virgins to make much of Time," focuses upon the idea of carpe diem. The poem stresses the idea of marriage while love and flesh are still young and believes this gift of virginity to be a great waste if not given while it is still desirable. Marvell also uses the carpe diem theme to his poem ‘To His Coy Mistress,’ however with three certain sections within the poem. The first part elaborates on the idea of unlimited time; this then evolves a ‘but’ into the poem that everything must come to end and death catches up upon us. Then in the last third of the poem the word ‘therefore’ comes into play as the poet says that we should enjoy the time we now have with one another. The last poem by William Shakespeare, Sonnet 18, is much different as it takes a very different approach to the youth of marriage, he uses descriptions of nature, and the power and images that they imply, and directly compares them to the power the young man possesses in his youth. Although all poems are very similar, each has its own unique way to voice its opinion. The two that are more similar to each other would be Marvell and Herrick’s poem as they both use the carpe diem theme, although to different levels.
Robert Herrick, "To the Virgins to make much of Time," focuses upon the idea of carpe diem the most throughout all of the poems. In the opening stanza, the poet articulates the carpe diem theme that urges one to “Seize the Day.” The poem stresses the idea of marriage while ones love and flesh remain young and ripe, or one will have to take consequences in suffering in their later years with loneliness and die, knowing what they may have missed out upon. Herrick believes that the gift each woman is given, the greatest gift, a woman’s virginity to be a great waste if not taken while the desired woman still is so. Virginity is one of; if not the greatest gift a woman can give for the