The first poem "To His Coy Mistress" by Andrew Marbell talks about his love to his woman. He says that she deserves everything in the world and that he would do anything for her. He also talks about her beauty and how nobody can compare to her. I really liked this poem because he talks about the woman in a very descriptive and loveable way.
The second poem "My Life has stood-a Loaded Gun" by Emily Dickison is also very interesting because the poet compares herself to a loaded gun. She also mentions having a "owner" which im assuming she is referring to her husband. The poet talks about everything her and her "owner" do. The interesting part is that she considers herself very strong at the last stanza she says "For I have but the power to kill, without- the power to die-". I like this part a lot because it shows how she sees herself as very strong and powerful.
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A definitely agree with what Brenda said about both of the poems. Except, in "My Life has stood-a Loaded Gun", I got a little confused. She is being portrayed as a strong, powerful women, but yet has to be under the power of her "owner", I'm assuming her husband. However, in "To His Coy Mistress", the author, in every stanza just constantly keeps referring to his women and how she is worth everything and deserves nothing but the world.
ReplyDeleteThe references to death and violence in stanzas two and three- how do these relate to your point about "lovable" description?
ReplyDeleteGood- how is the role of a husband analogous to that of an owner? What does that make of the woman/wife? Yes, those last lines are very interesting- if she is powerful, then why is the master, her master and owner, and not the other way around?
Karolina- if the relationship in Dickinson's poem, that between gun and master is one of woman and man, how does that reflect the complexity of the speaker being strong but needed a man? In Marvell's poem, the second and third stanzas do not talk about the woman as everything, actually quite the opposite. Look back at those lines