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To His Coy Mistress and Remember
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To His Coy Mistress - Remember On first outlook it would that To His Coy Mistress and Remember both share the topic of love. They seem to be of direct relevance to each other, whereas upon closer inspection, To His Coy Mistress does not attempt to express any emotion at all. Instead, THCM is ultimately physical and portrays a man's desperation and lust, The persona of THCM has written this poem as a persuasion technique, with the addressee being his current girlfriend while the speaker from Remember appears to be leaving a message to her soul-mate. The two poems both mention a lot about time, although in different tenses. THCM makes an abundance of references of the present tense such as "...Now, therefore, while the youthful hue..." and "Now let us sport us while we may", whilst Remember talks about the future and what is yet to come. i.e. "You tell me...
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