emotional and rational

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1、EmotinalandRationalBothShakespeareandMarvellenjoyhighreputationsinwritinglovepoemswhichisneveroutdatedinpoetry.ThattimeofyearthoumaystinmebeholdandToHisCoyMistressarethetypicalonesineachpoet’smasterworksaboutlove.Whenpoertymeetslove,sensitiveemotionbecomesnaturalandessential.

2、Thetwopoetssharethesamethemethatpeopleshouldfallinlovewhentheyarestillyoungbecauseflyingtimewaitsfornobody.Tomaketheirpointsstand,ShakespeareandMarvellgiveveryclassicmetaphorswithrichemotioninthetwopoems.Forexample,Shakespearecompareshimselfto“thattimeofyear”,“thetwilightofsu

3、chday,theglowingofsuchfire”toillustratethatlifeisshortanditwillpassawayverysooninThattimeofyearthoumaystinmebehold.WhileinMarvell’sToHisCoyMistresswecancatchitinthefamouslinesofthefirststanza.Thewriteremploysalotofexaggerationstopraisethemistress.From“IndianGanges”tothe“Humbe

4、r”river,thewriterpresentstheimageofwidespacetothereader;from“theFlood”to“theJew’sconversion”,thegreatextentoftimeisdeveloped.Marvell’semotiongetsevenextremeandwildinthelast8linesofthefirststanzaandinthelaststanza.thepoetiswillingtospendhundredsofyearstoadorethemistress’eyesan

5、dbreast,agestoeverypartandthelastagetoshowherheart.“Letusrollallourstrengthandalloursweetnessupintooneballandtearourpleasurewithroughstrifethoroughtheirongatesoflife”ofthelaststanza,especiallythelasttwolinesofthewholepoem“Thusthoughwecannotmakeoursunstandstill,yetwewillmakehi

6、mrun”achievehisstrongemotiontoitssummit.Somehowitgetstoostrongandgivesmeakindofwildfeelingbythemeaningthateventhetimecanbeovercomedbytheirlove.Butlet’sturnbacktothecontentofThattimeofyearthoumaystinmebeholdandToHisCoyMistress,wecaneasilyfeelthatShakespeareandMarvelldiffergrea

7、tlyinexpressingemotions.Shakespearedescribedthreescenesbyquatrains.Heisamasterindiction.Throughhisfinewordswecanevenfeelhowthe“yellowleaves”“shakeagainstthethecold”inthelateautumn;howthe“blacknight”graduallytakesthesunawayinthetwilight;how“theglowingofsuchfire”fadesinto“ashes

8、”.Eachofthescenedevelopsasadanddesolatepictureoftheendingofaperiodof