“To His Coy Mistress” by Andrew Marvell is a descriptive poem spoken by a man who attempts to seduce a woman into sleeping with him. Noticeably, the speaker's idea of ​​typical courtship is extremely distorted. The speaker mocks the lady and threatens her. This is not what one would consider a very effective way of temptation. While “To His Coy Mistress” might seem like a poem of seduction at first glance, it is actually a dramatic meditation on the fact that we live bound by “world and time” and a prescription for what to do about it. the first verse sets the tone of mockery. The speaker uses metaphor, hyperbole, irony, and imagery to seduce his demure lover. He begins his poem of seduction with an insult: "If only we had enough world and time, / This shyness, lady, would not be a crime." He calls her a criminal for being so reluctant when they are bound by the world and time. It is bad behavior for him not to throw himself into his arms when they have so little time to live. Since this lady doesn't immediately throw herself at him, he tries his hand at flattery. “My vegetable love should grow” is a slightly exaggerated image of his love. He uses it to compare how a vegetable, if nourished and cared for, will continue to grow, just like his love for this lady albeit slowly. He asks her to imagine an incomprehensible amount of time when he says “Two hundred to worship each breast / But thirty thousand for the rest.” The effect of these images is to take her out of the immediate moment. A lot of the hyperbole is so outrageous; the tone of mockery is predominant over that of seduction. The speaker seems to have become anxious in the second stanza. The first couplet “But behind me I always hear / the winged chariot of time speeding by…… middle of paper…… by doing so, he is saying that this lady deserves to be praised so foolishly, and he would be a fool to do so . (prof. zichy. Lesson) When the tone of the second stanza turns to a serious note, the man begins to threaten the poor woman with images of “the worms will test That long-preserved virginity”. The change in tone from playful to threatening makes the speaker sound extremely silly. He does not realize that these threats could potentially scare the woman away from him, thus contradicting his previous seduction. Although the speaker of "To His Coy Mistress" has an intense fear of growing old, he has some valid points of interest in his mind. attempted seduction. Carpe diem, seizing the day, is his remedy for being bound by the world and time. He believes that they should live in the here and now and enjoy life while they can, before their body limits them.