Page 136 - 100 Best Loved Poems - Teaching Unit
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“To His Coy Mistress”
by Andrew Marvell, pages 17-18
Vocabulary
hue – shade, color
transpires – emerges, happens
amorous – loving
languish – decay
1. What does the speaker entreat of his love?
2. What justifications or reasoning does the speaker employ to persuade his mistress?
3. Identify the allusion in line eight.
4. Identify an instance of hyperbole in this poem.
5. How would you describe his tone? Do the tone and message remain constant throughout, or
is there a shift in the poem?
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