Oral Assessment of To His Coy Mistress and The Beggar Women
1. The Beggar woman was written by William King during the 17th Century, similarly the poem To His Coy Mistress was also written during the early 17th Century by Andrew Marvell. They both represent the social class differences between men and women and in both poems women were inferior to the men.
2. Marvell was a metaphysical poet, this was a group of pets from the early 1600’s who were concerned with the subject of what it is to be human, they also tended to concentrate on those aspects that seem to set us aside from other animals such as love and relationships. Marvell structured his poem as an argument so that he was able to use more emotive language and split it up into different methods of persuasion. Metaphysical poems are characterised by the use of wit, irony and wordplay although they are comical on the surface, they deal with serious topics underneath.
3. Marvell begins his argument by painting a picture of an ideal world to flatter her. Throughout stanza 1 he uses various methods of flattery and exaggeration in order to get what he wants. He tries to impress her with big numbers such as “An hundred years should go to praise”. This is also a form of exaggeration. He also uses metaphor and more exaggeration further into the stanza and he says “vaster than empires”. This is a historical reference which would help convince her. Another method of persuasion he uses is contrast to suggest that she is more important than him, “Though by the Indian Ganges side shouldst rubies find, I by the tide of Humber”. He is comparing her to the beautiful river Indian Ganges and also mentions rubies which are a beautiful rare jewel. He then talks about him being by the tide of Humber which is in England and far less beautiful. This is unusual for him to say that she is better than him considering the social classes of men and women at the time.
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4. The anti-thesis is an explanation of the problem stating the reason why things can’t or aren’t the way they should be. Marvell uses fear throughout Stanza 2 in hope of convincing the women to do what he wants. He says “..before us life, deserts of vast eternity”. This is a contradiction of his behaviour in the first stanza as he referred to the Bible and the after life but now he is saying it is non existent and once she is dead, that’s it so she should make the most of the time which follows the poems theme of ‘Carpe Diem’, Vast is also a very large area which would scare her as it is put with the very powerful word of eternity. He uses metaphor to illustrate the speed of time and he warns her that time moves on “times winged chariot”. Wings suggest flight and a chariot is racing vehicle so it is personification. Another way he tries to scare her is by talking about her beauty and telling her how when she is dead no-one will be able to admire her beauty. “Thy beauty shall no more be found, nor in thy marble vault”. Throughout stanza 2 Marvell has used themes of graves/fear and threat in order to scare her into doing what he wants her to do.
5. The third stage of the argument is the synthesis- which is the solution to the problem. Marvell’s solution is that they both make love and make the most of time. He uses force throughout this stanza in order to finally scare her into doing it. He uses powerful verbs such as ‘devour’,’roll’,’tear’ etc. These are also very active verbs which are in the present tense. This is different as in the previous stanzas Marvell has spoken in the future tense “I would love you”. He then puts more pressure on the vulnerable lady (who we still haven’t heard from) by suggesting that she is willing to do as he says by calling her a “willing soul” – this is forcing the idea on her in order to make her feel that she has to live up to that expectation, he again forces an idea on her when he says “At every pore with instant fires”, this is implying her passion not his. The man then insinuates that they are powerful together. He compares them both to “amorous birds of prey” which could be eagles or hawks at the top of the hierarchy and are superior to the rest of the bird population. He also uses “we” and “our” throughout the stanza to show unity. Similarly to in the previous stanza Marvell uses her beauty to scare her again; he suggests that she should make the most of it while she is young and fresh by calling her ‘morning dew’, implying she will not be as beautiful as she ages. In the last few lines Marvell refers to sex and makes it sound energetic and fun to persuade her. “..roll all our strength, and all our sweetness, up into one ball…”
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6. The forceful message in this poem is ‘Carpe Diem’. Carpe Diem is a phrase from a Latin poem by Horace and is popularly translated as ‘seize the day’. The male speaker in the poem relates to the theme by suggesting to the woman that they should make the most of time by sleeping together.
7. I think that the man’s approach to the woman is selfish and cruel. He illustrates in this poem that he has no consideration for a women’s feelings from the way that he talks to her and tries to manipulate her into fulfilling his sexual desires. I do not think that he will be successful in getting what he wants as I think the women will pick up on what he is trying to do and that he does not ‘love her’ and will not do even if she sleeps with him. This poem does reflect the time in which it was written as throughout the poem we never hear what the lady has to say, this shows the social class differences between men and women and how women were inferior to men and never got a say.
8. Marvell uses many metaphors and similes throughout the whole poem in order to create imagery in the readers head. In the first stanza when the speaker is trying to flatter the women he says “My vegetable en love should grow”. This suggests that his love is natural and on growing into a ‘beautiful fruit’ meaning that his love will grow and grow into something beautiful. Though he is trying to flatter her here he mentions the word ‘should’ which is in the future tense which tells us he does not love her ‘yet’. This is a powerful use of imagery as the reader is able to picture and imagine the sentence. Another use of imagery Marvell uses is in the second stanza where he says ‘times winged chariot hurrying near’. This is personification of time as he is saying it is an object, the reader can imagine this well as the wings suggest flight and a chariot is a very fast racing vehicle so we imagine that he is saying time is going very fast and we do not have much time.
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9. The Beggar Women is in a jaunty style, it is fairly upbeat as it is put in rhyming couplets. The poem is set in the form of a ballad so the reader does not expect a serious message from the poem but for it to be light-hearted.
10. The structure of the poem reflects what happens in the poem as when the tables are turned and the women ends up better off than the man, it is a shock to both the man himself and the reader as in the time in which the poem was wrote it was unusual for women to be more powerful.
11. In this poem the man tries to the flatter the women by calling her ‘mistress’ and making his request polite. This would be unusual in the time which it was written as they were both of completely opposite social classes. The man was a gentleman of high class and the women was a prostitute of low social status, so it was not expected that he would pay her compliments. Though he only tried to flatter her and compliment her to get what he wanted, which was sexual pleasure of her, he then planned to leave her to her own fate.
12. The man in this poem really thinks that she is a low class women who deserves no respect. He makes her walk behind him while he rides his horse “he ambles on before, she trots behind”. This shows that he has no concern for her well-being and he thinks that he is far more superior to her which is why she must ‘trot behind’. The man also says at the beginning of the poem “her cheeks were fresh and linen clean”. This may seem like a compliment but he is just saying that she is decent and clean enough to satisfy his needs. The man in this poem is very similar to the male speaker in To His Coy Mistress – they are both arrogant and wanting what is best for them with no concern for the women. They also both use the same techniques which are flattery, fear and force.
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13. Both characters in The Beggar Women use fear in the poem. The woman uses fear to her advantage as a form of persuasion. She claims to fear for his reputation “chiefly for your sake”. This suggests that his reputation is more important than hers. She also puts forward her fear for the baby, she says that she is scared the baby will cry and then they will be heard, once again thinking about him and using this as a delay tactic. The women then goes onto fear for breaking the babies back as well as her own when she says “I might perhaps break more backs than my own”. This delay results in the man getting frustrated and offering to put the child on his back – which is a ridiculous suggestion but as he is so desperate and thinks this is the solution to getting what he wants he is willing to do anything.
14. The women uses two different types of force against the man throughout the poem – emotional and physical. Words such as ‘dextrous’, ‘binds’ and ‘toss’ show her that she is physically forcing the baby on the man. The infant is also said to be on the man “like a cross”. This suggests that the baby is a burden to her life and almost like a ‘sacrifice’ which she wants to get rid of. Towards the end she then forces the man to think about his actions by leaving the baby with him. She says ‘ere you get another’, forcing the responsibility upon him as she expects him to be irresponsible. She is also making him realise the consequences of his actions.
15. The Beggar Women and the male speaker in To His Coy Mistress relate as they are both forceful and manipulative in their actions throughout both poems. It seems to me that the women was most successful in her actions as we know that she managed to get rid of her baby which is what she wanted, whereas in To His Coy Mistress we do not know what happened to the man and whether he got his sexual desires fulfilled. The male speaker only uses emotive force to persuade his women however the beggar women uses physical and emotive force. They are both equally as clever and cunning in their plans and are both set out to achieve something.
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16. King’s message in The Beggar Women is to be careful and think things through before you go ahead with them. This is the opposite to Marvell’s message in To His Coy Mistress as the message in that was to take each day as it comes without thinking too much into it. King gives the lower class beggar women the upper hand in his poem as she ends up getting what she wants whilst the upper class gentleman is left outwitted. This is unusual considering the time in which it was written as during the 17th century the world was male dominated and women were considered second class citizens.
17. I think the poems in some respect have relevance to a modern day audience though I think it would be unusual for either of these scenarios to happen as the world is no longer male dominated and in majority women are considered to be just as powerful as men. I preferred The Beggar Women as I feel it had more of a rhythm to it and felt less hearted whilst still portraying a serious message across to the reader whereas To His Coy Mistress was more crude and to the point.
