While both poems have an underlying sexual theme about them, "To His Coy Mistress" seems to be more overt in its dialogue. The author or composer seems to be suggesting to the lady in question that she is too beautiful to remain a virgin and that they should have sex before she loses said beauty to age and death. The most obvious line that expresses this in my opinion is; "Times winged chariot hurrying near. And yonder all before us lie deserts of vast eternity. Thy beauty shall no more be found" (Marvell, 771), followed by "The grave's a fine and private place. But none I think, do there embrace." (Marvell, 772).
I also found it amusing that the line "And while thy willing soul transpires, at every pore with instant fires."(Marvell, 772) pretty much describes a woman having a hot flash.
Do you mean language and poetic devices? I don't think there is a verbal exchange between the speaker and mistress, a dialogue, in this poem.
ReplyDeleteYes, a hot flash or blushing.
Can you make a connection between time and death in this poem, and Dickinson's poem?