LIVED DOMESTICITIES
Monday, October 8, 2012
To His Coy Mistress and Loaded Gun
I personally liked the poem by Marvell more simply because I could more easily relate to his thought process when dealing in my own relationship. Specific points that were made about being able to do certain things with more time and options I completely agree with and would do myself. The other poem by Dickinson though, I liked for its creativity in explaining the chaos and peace that an individual can potentially bring to the world. There were a lot of subtle remarks towards preserving nature and people while also being able to destroy and kill them. The lines "I guard my Master's Head- 'Tis better than the Eider-Duck's Deep Pillow- to have shared" and "For I have but the power to kill, Without- the power to die-" are what made me believe that this poem consists of a balance of peace and destruction. It also showed me it is a personal view point from the poet on the world because she would protect somethings but destroy others based on her own connection to them. This was evident to me when Dickinson stated "To foe of His-I'm deadly foe-." I determined that to basically mean the enemy of my friend is my enemy in a sense. She would save a duck from being turned into a pillow for her and her "master" to lay their heads on but would kill anyone who would harm him.
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I agree that the gender of the speaker enables the reader to better relate to the ideas/concepts presented from a shared gender perspective. But do you see any flaws in the speaker's approach to relationship? Is there a relationship between the speaker and the mistress? The contrast between 'chaos and peace" and "preserving nature and people while also being able to destroy and kill them" you identify in Dickinson's poem- is this also paralleled in the relationship between the speaker and the "Master"? Remember that the poet and speaker are not necessarily the same person. But if in fact Emily Dickinson is the speaker- who is she in the poem? In other words, from whose perspective is the poem delivered?
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