'The Sun Rising' by John Donne and Andrew Marvell's' To His Coy Mistress' are both poems concerned with love. Compare and contrast their treatment of love, making clear which poem you find most effective.

... 'The Sun Rising' by John Donne and Andrew Marvell's 'To His Coy Mistress' are both poems concerned with love. Compare and contrast their treatment of love, making clear which poem you find most effective. 'The Sun Rising' by John Donne and 'To His Coy Mistress' by Andrew Marvell are both love poems written in the 17th Century, although they have both been written in contrasting formats. In this essay I will be discussing how John Donne and Andrew Marvell have approached the topic of the love and decide which poem I find most effective. John Donne and Andrew Marvell's women both seem to be very important to them and for similar reasons. John Donne treats his woman as a trophy for his male ego; "She's all states, and all Princes I; Nothing else is." This shows that although it is obvious that she is very important to him, she seems as more

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