How do the poems we have studied argue the differences between love and lust?(includes To His oy Mistress,The Relic,The Flea,The Clod and The Pebble)
How do the poems we have studied argue the differences between love and lust?
'...then worms shall try
That long-preserved virginity:
And your quaint honour turn to dust;
And into ashes all my lust.' - To His Coy Mistress
These four lines summarise Marvell's thoughts, both on love and on the subject of his lady's refusal to '...embrace...' him. The way he attacks her obvious honour with savage diction such as …
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…the cloths of Heaven; that love is true, and pure, and has some greater purpose than simple lust. Lust is simple, it is a primal and animal desire, but love is more complicated. How many animals can comprehend the enormity of the feelings and thoughts that what we call 'love' can bring? This in itself is enough to convince me that there must be something special about love that not even humankind can fully comprehend.
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