To His Coy Mistress

Andrew Marvell's "To His Coy Mistress" is a loving and passionate poem at first that eventually turns into a poem of urgency. In the first stanza, the narrator has a slower tone and uses hyperbole to exaggerate his love for the woman. However, as the poem continues and the entire tone is changed by the word "but", the narrator's mood seems to have shifted and his sense of urgency has risen. "Time's winged chariot hurrying near". Only a couple lines after the narrator has just stated that he would wait for eternity for his love, he now tells her that their time is running out. He suddenly changes direction and is hypocritical in his love vows. Moreover, the word 'hurrying' further demonstrates the fast paced tone in the second and third stanzas.

-KefBrando