Andrew Marvell: To His Coy Mistress – Reading

0:00 Introduction
0:11 The syllogism
1:18 The first stanza (a reading)
2:33 The first stanza (analysis)
3:30 The narrative voice & its object
4:26 “Coy”
5:01 Rhyme: “would” and “flood”
5:12 Meaning: “would” and “should”
6:06 A balance of opposites
7:27 What if…?
8:26 The first part of the syllogism
8:42 The second stanza (a reading)
9:29 The second stanza (analysis)
10:16 The second part of the syllogism
10:30 The third stanza (a reading)
11:36 The third stanza (analysis)
12:18 The complete syllogism
13:14 Back to “coy”
15:44 Humour and irony
16:44 Mockery
16:58 Shocking imagery
17:44 Conclusion