"To His Coy Mistress" by Andrew Marvell is basically a
warning to women against the flattery used by men to get them in bed. Its so weird
this was written during the 17th century and still men have never
changed !!!
"My Life had stood a Loaded Gun" speaker compares her life to an unused loaded gun and finds joy in
fulfilling its purpose to kill. Even if you have never felt a rage so violent
that you felt destructive or explosive, can you imagine what such a state must
feel like?
I agree that the first poem wasnt about a man in love with the woman, but instead he just wants to get into bed with her. Although I love reading, I have always found it very difficult to analyze and comprehend poetry. I found this poem to be insulting but that might because I might be misinterpreting it. For that reason, Im excited to hear about what Ms.B and my classmates thought about it.
ReplyDeleteAs for the poem by Dickinson, I noticed that the author refers to the narrator's master as "He" with a capital H and that makes me wonder if the master is supposed to be God. That might make sense because the master is loyally serving her master like a Christian serves God.
Eternity- I really like your question about feeling rage and violence? What might the speaker in Dickinson's poem be suggesting about women's relationships to and with men? Is the speaker at the mercy of the owner, master as she must stand in "corners"(2) until he decided to "carry [her]away" (4)?
ReplyDeleteRaquel- yes, I can see how Marvell's speaker may come off as crude and single minded. But as we said in class, we must keep in mind that the male speaker is representing the mistress and their 'relationship' from his perspective. Also, might we not give him credit for rejecting romance/romantic poetry (pick-up lines) and saying exactly what's on his mind?
Interesting, I never thought of the 'owner', 'master' in Dickinson's poem as possibly God. How would you interpret the lines in which the speaker says she protects the master's head when he sleeps, if the master is God?