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To His Coy Mistress The persona in the poem “To His Coy Mistress,” is trying to convince a woman to sleep with him. One of his convincing arguments is that if he would have enough time on earth then he would spend a thousand years examining and admiring her beauty, and he uses hyperbole to emphasis that. “An age at least to every part,” he says, but alas he does not have those coveted thousand years. For “time’s winged chariot is hurrying near,” and he only has a limited time on earth, which is why the woman in question should sleep with the persona as soon as possible. However, the actual reason why she should sleep with him immediately is that her virginity and supposed honor is useless in death – “Worms shall try/That long preserved virginity,” and by the time she decided to sleep with him they will both be dead. The persona goes on to say that the grave might be a very nice place but there’s no place to “embrace,” or show affection. So that is the rationale behind why the woman should make love to the persona, while “the youthful hew/sits on thy skin like morning dew,” otherwise they both might lose their desire for each other.
Approximate Word count = 803
Approximate Pages = 3.2
(250 words per page double spaced)
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