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Discuss how Marvell in "to his coy mistress" and Shakespeare in "sonnet 60" use the concept of time in these poems and to what purpose.
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... Discuss how Marvell in "to his coy mistress" and Shakespeare in "sonnet 60" use the concept of time in these poems and to what purpose. Both poems focus on the unavoidable passing of time although their primary purposes are different. Shakespeare uses the passing of time to assert the strength of his love and the power of his verse while Marvell talks about "Time's winged chariot" to induce his mistress into sleeping with him. Marvell's poem's main message is to persuade his mistress to enjoy life, make the most of time and stop being "coy". In the first section he says that if they had "but world enough and time" he would love his mistress from the beginning of time and she could refuse him till the end of time. However, "time's winged chariot" hurries near as he says in the second section. His mistress' "beauty shall no
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