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Compare and Contrast the Poems 'To His Coy Mistress' By Andrew Marvell and 'The Seduction' By Eileen McAuley
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... Compare and Contrast the Poems 'To His Coy Mistress' By Andrew Marvell and 'The Seduction' By Eileen McAuley In the two poems there were similarities I found whilst analysing them. I found that they were both about love, they were split into sections and they are both about seduction. There are also differences in the poems; 'To His Coy Mistress' was set over three hundred years ago, whereas 'The Seduction' was set thirty years ago in Merseyside. Also they are set over different lengths of time because 'To His Coy Mistress' is one day and 'The Seduction' is around eight months. To start in 'To His Coy Mistress' a young woman, is the object of this older gentleman's eye. She could be a flirt, one who uses arts to gain the respect and the affections of men, merely for the satisfaction of pride. At any speed, it was more the rule in the
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