Sep 8 Blog: "To His Coy Mistress"

The Speaker of "To His Coy Mistress" tries to use reason to convince his lover to have sex.  The speaker begins his first paragraph with uses of vivd imagery and allusions to describe his endless, idyllic love for his mistress.  In doing so, the speaker attempts to woe his mistress by stating everything he would do with her if time was endless. However, as the speaker moves into his second paragraph he shifts the poem into an exaggerated state of reality by stating that time is very limited and they will soon die.  The speaker uses fear tactic in the second paragraph by creating the imagery of worms eating away at his mistress' purity.  This fear tactic is used to create a sense of urgency in the mistress' mind so she will agree to the speakers demand.  The speaker concludes his argument by stating that the two lovers should seize the day, carpe diem, and viciously make love with one another, since their time on earth is so little.