A Feminist Perspective of To His Shy Mistress Andrew Marvell, a 17th century poetry writer, focuses on a subject that still baffles the minds of readers today, sex. Marvell shows a world where women are seduced. Women and men have been focusing on the issue of sex for centuries. The most ironic thing the reader should notice when reading this poem is that even though they are set in two different time settings, the same beliefs are used as an argument in Marvell's time as well as in the present day. Although he uses love and time as reasons why she should have sex with him, his main focus is on her body. The Marble Vault is a part of her body, the female genitalia. Marvell shows the patriotic attitude that it is acceptable to make this argument to a woman. In other words, it is normal for a man to be aggressive and upset towards a woman. The young woman in "To His Coy Mistress" should certainly not be taken for a simple fool because he would not have made great efforts to convince her. to give him his body. His word to describe the young woman as shy shows his answer to his question. The speaker seems desperate as he tries to convince her. His mood began to change in the poem from calm to impatient simply through the use of his words. In the end, he even contradicts himself. At the beginning he declares: "Of humility would complain. I would love you ten years before the flood, And you should, please, refuse Until the conversation of the Jews My vegetable love grows Wider than empires and slower;... . middle of paper ......ove) “My echoing song; then the worms will tempt this long-preserved virginity/And your picturesque honor will turn to dust/And to ashes all my desire". He is talking about rough sex. He wants to be involved with her physically instead of love which is desire thus expressed in the last quote.. Finally, we come to the final point where feminists would label this type of creep. Pleasure is the speaker's main concern. The body is definitely the focus of the speaker. refers to parts of her body. the forehead, her breasts, the rest and each part In conclusion, "To His Coy Mistress" contains a sexual theme It uses the "marble vault" and points towards death. and convince the young woman of the 21st century the same tactics as well. This shows that people were not much different from today...