In Paris with You and to His Coy Mistress Comparison

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The poems; ‘To His Coy Mistress and ‘’In Paris With You’ both show a man trying to impose himself on another woman. In the first twenty lines of the poem hr starts to talk about how much this girl means to the man. The main character in the poem talks about how he will wait forever to be with her. He mentions that “We would sit down and think which way To walk and pass our long love’s day.” His views are that he wants to take his time and he doesn’t have go anywhere. This man wants to plan things out so that it will be perfect. Another line from the poem that makes him the gentleman that he is portraying to be is “An hundred years should go to praise Thine eyes and on thy forehead gaze. “ I believe he is saying that we will give praise to her eyes that are so magnificent. Her eyes are so beautiful, because of which he will praise them for hundred years before they will be together. Later on it mentions that he will praise her breast each for two hundred years. The mood is set that this man certainly wants to be with this woman. He is telling her how he feels and wants her to understand that he really wants to be with her.

In the next twelve lines there is a bit of difference in the attitude. As of now the guy is thinking, well maybe we don’t have enough time to sit around and wait. The chariot’s is pointed out by saying that it is hurrying near. Maybe we don’t have enough time anymore. We should hurry up and get with it. “Thy beauty shall no more be found, Nor, in thy marble vault shall sound’ I imagine that he is telling her that if we wait to long then you shall be dead and then we would have never gotten the chance. He is trying to tell her that they should hurry up. Later on in the poem it talks about how his lust turns into ashes. The reason being is that if she passes away then he would have never gotten the chance of getting her into bed. The man tries to show explain to her why it isn’t the best idea to die as a virgin. He wants to...