believes only in earthy life and pleasures and thus considers the grave an end to all opportunity for enjoyment. In the third argument (the last fourteen lines of the poem) the speaker reaches his main point. The "s" alliteration in "sits" (34), "skin" (34), etc. shows the speaker's serpent-like attempt to draw the lady into physical pleasure. Only the desire to have her possesses him, only the physical interests him, and that is why he connects even the image of the "soul" (35) to his physical urges. He is burnt by great passions represented by his lady's "instant fires" (36). All should try to seize the instant because everything in one's life, including the life itself, is fleeting like "birds of prey" (38). The repetition of the word "all", in turn, symbolizes the speaker's desire to have every pleasure from life at the very moment. The image of the "ball" (42) shows the activeness, the agitation, the commotion inside the speaker's soul represented also by the alliteration in the words "strength" (41) and "sweetness" (42). The male in this story uses specific words over and over again such as "time", "love", "age", and "vast" in order to persuade the female. He has already mentioned the lack of time that they possess, so now he tries to remind her of the consequences of waiting. He tends to be very sexual with his efforts, for he knows that without it, he will face a dark eternity alone. The poem states"then worms shall try that long-preserved virginity, and your quaint honor turn to dust, and into ashes all my lust" (Marvell l:27-30). The author chooses words such as those to develop a sense of urgency and dread if the man does not get what he wants. Form: couplets 5. Ganges (gnjz) A river of northern India and Bangladesh rising in the Himalayan Mountains 7. Humber: Hull, where Marvell lived as a boy, and which he represented as an M.P. for nearly twenty years from 1659, is on the river Humber. 10. The conversion of the Jews was ...
