Look again at the three seventeenth century poems, To His Coy Mistress,

Look again at the three seventeenth century poems, To His Coy Mistress, The Flea, and Shall I examine thee. In what ways have the three poets used, or departed from, the conventions of their meter and why do you think they have been successful in ...Look again at the three seventeenth century poems, To His CoyMistress, The Flea, and Shall I comp be thee. In what ways havethe three poets used, or departed from, the conventions of their timeand why do you think they have been successful in entertaining theirreaders? To His Coy Mistress, The Flea and Shall I Compare Thee are allpoems written in the 17th century. Marvell, Donne and Shakespeare whowere the authors of the poems, departed from conventions of that time.Marvel and Donne wrote metaphysical poetry and invented a new genre,whereas Shakespeare wrote a sonnet which appeared to be written in thestyle of that time exclusively with twists. They have achieved these poems bytaking a unique approach to writing them and by keeping th e readersentertained through amusement, dismay and excitement.To His Coy Mistress and The Flea are very similar in context andpurpose. They are metaphysical poems which reflect wit, obscurecomparisons of objects and the reality of love and sex. The purpose ofboth poems was to get the speakers mistress to sleep with him, usingstrong imagery in an act of persuasion. The poems were written toentertain and would have been passed round the writers friends in rules of order to amuse them. Shall I compare thee however, stood out becausethe writer chose a convention already in use. The purpose of thissonnet was to flatter his loved one and in an unexpected twist at theend, also himself.Had we but world... ...ent awareness to the poet from the loving andaffectionate one we once felt. He comes across proud and slightly overbearing about his work, and puts a different slant on what was once aconventional love poem.In conclusion I think the 17th twenty-four hours reaction would have beenenter taining and funny and therefore quite an different to the reaction Iwould expect now. People today would find the poetry quite shockingand distasteful and they would not be considered politically correct.To His Coy Mistress is successful because it is entertaining, wherasThe Flea is successful because its fascinating and slightlyconfusing at times. Shall I compare thee however is totallydifferent because it has departed from it and the overall result wasvery successful. The poet went from delighting the audience then totwisting their opinions of him keeping them entertained.