Comparing the Attitudes Towards Love and Relationships in...

Comparing the Attitudes Towards Love and Relationships in The Beggar Woman by William King and To His Coy Mistress by Andrew Marvell In this essay I will be comparing two poems, The Beggar Woman and To His Coy Mistress. I will be looking at how the themes of love and relationships are dealt with. I will also be looking at the historical context of the poems. Firstly in The Beggar Woman, written around 1663 to 1712, by William King. The story within the poem is about a gentleman who, whilst he is out hunting, wants to do another kind of ‘sport’, i.e. looking for a woman to have sex with. He found a woman who was a beggar. He asked her if she wanted to have sex in the woods, and, to his delight, she†¦show more content†¦Ã¢â‚¬Å"A gentleman in hunting rode astray, More out of choice than that he lost his way: He let his company the hare pursue, For he himself had other game in view:† This quote shows that he was chasing a woman and that he is not looking for anything more than sex. He just wants a bit of fun like any sport would give him. When reading the poems they create images of what is happening are created. In The Beggar Woman, William King does not use any similes or metaphors. I think this is because he needs to keep things simple for his audience. When he wrote it, he relied on his descriptive words to create a mental picture for the reader. For example, â€Å"mounts the infant with a gentle toss upon her generous friend, and like a cross, the sheet she with a dextrous motion winds† and â€Å"her cheeks were fresh and linen clean.† When reading this line, you can imagine her cheeks; they are smooth, rosy, red, beaming cheeks. Both these quotes make you ‘see’ an image created by his cleverly written words. In To His Coy Mistress, Andrew Marvell does use metaphors and similes because he thinks the audience expects them as they are upper class. Some examples of the imagery created by metaphors and similes are â€Å"vegetable love,† which is a metaphor; â€Å"times’ winged chariot† and â€Å"his slow chapped power†, which are personification; â€Å"like morning dew† and â€Å"like