andrew marvell ppt

We should sit down, and think which way to walk
And pass our long lovely day.
17 An age at least to every part, 18 And the last age should show your heart. 19 For, lady, you deserve this state, 20 Nor would I love at lower rate.
· During his lifetime, his prose satires were much better known than his verse. · 1672-1673, The Rehearsal Transpros‘d ·In 1676, Mr. Smirke; or The Divine in Mode, a work critical of intolerance within the Church of England
1678- came to his death (on August 18)
Marriage?
After Marvell's death, Mary Palmer, his housekeeper, laid dubious (open to doubt) claim to having been his wife, from the time of a secret marriage in 1667.
· one of Marvell's finest poems
Metaphysical poets
· a term coined by the poet and critic Samuel Johnson to describe a loose group of British lyric poets of the 17th century, whose work was characterized by the inventive use of conceits, and by speculation about topics such as love or religion.
Andrew Marvell(1621-1678
· Andrew Marvell
· an English metaphysical poet in the 17th century · a satirist · a politician (a Parliamentarian)
· To His Coy Mistress
And your beauty should be no more found,
Neither in your grave can be my echoing song found. Then the worm shall try the long preserved virginity.
29 And your quaint honour turn to dust, 30 And into ashes all my lust. 31 The grave's a fine and private place, 32 But none I think do there embrace. Your honor will turn to dust, and my lust will also turn to ashes. Nobody would like to embrace in the grave, although it is a fine and private place.
The First Stanza
To describe how he would love her if he were to be unencumbered by the constraints of a normal lifespan. He could spend centuries admiring each part of her body and her resistance to his advances (i.e., coyness) would not discourage him.
The last stanza 33-46
33 Now therefore, while the youthful hue 34 Sits on thy skin like morning dew晨露, 35 And while thy willing soul transpires 36 At every pore (毛孔) with instant fires,
To His Coy Mistress
《致羞涩的情人》
To His Coy Mistress
《致羞涩的情人》
Synopsis& structure
· The speaker of the poem addresses a woman who has been slow to respond to his sexual advances. He tries to persuade his "coy mistress" to sleep with him. · a metaphysical poem written in iambic tetrameter and rhymes in couplets · three stanzas
the second stanza
He laments how short human life is. Once life is over, the speaker contends, the opportunity to enjoy one another is gone, as no one embraces in death.
Prose works · Marvell also wrote anonymous prose satires criticizing the monarchy and Catholicism, defending Puritan dissenters, and denouncing censorship.
Andrew Marvell vs. John Milton
· In 1657, Marvell joined Milton, who by that time had lost his sight, in service as Latin secretary to Cromwell‘s Council of State . · During the Restoration of Charles II in 1660, Marvell avoided punishment for his own co-operation with republicanism. · He helped convince the government of Charles II not to execute John Milton for his antimonarchical writings and revolutionary activities.
25 Thy beauty shall no more be found, 26 Nor, in thy marble vault, shall sound 27 My echoing song; then worms shall try 28 That long preserv'd virginity
The second stanza21-32
21 But at my back I always hear 22 Time's winged chariot hurrying near; 23 And yonder all before us lie 24 Deserts of vast eternity. But I always hear the time flying at my back in a hurry; And in front of us is a vast eternal desert of non-existence
1650- become the tutor of Mary Fairfax
1653 - tutored Cromwell's ward, William Dutton
1657- appointed assistant to John
Milton (by then blind)
1659- elected M.P. for his hometown of Hull
The Life of Andrew Marvell (1621-1678)
1621- born in Yorkshire, England (on March 31) 1624- his family moved to Hull 1633-1638 studied in Trinity College, Cambridge 1642 held a clerkship in his brother-in-law's trading house
I will spend an age at least to adore every other part of the rest of your body, And the last age, you can show me your heart. Because you deserve this dignity, And I would love you the best as I can
The first stanza 1-20
1 Had we but world enough, and time, 2 This coyness, lady, were no crime. 3 We would sit down and think which way 4 To walk, and pass our long love's day; If we have enough world and time, This coyness was no crime.
Poems · To His Coy Mistress · The Garden · An Horatian Ode upon Cromwell's Return from Ireland · The Mower's Song · the country house poem Upon Appleton House. Poetic style · full of witty and elaborate conceits in the elegant style of metaphysical poets · pastoral genre of the classical Roman authors e.g. (Upon Appleton House)田园诗
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· characterized by wit and metaphysical conceits— far-fetched(牵强附会的) or unusual similes or metaphors.
Major poets
John Donne (1572–1631) George Herbert (1593–1633) Andrew Marvell (1621–1678) Abraham Cowley (1618–1667) Saint Robert Southwell (c. 1561–1595) Richard Crashaw (c. 1613–1649) Thomas Traherne (1636 or 1637 – 1674) Henry Vaughan (1622–1695)