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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