"To his Coy Mistress"

Analysis from line 21 to 46

In lines 21-22 The poet uses the metaphor "time's winged chariot" in order to underline the passing of time.

In lines 23-24 The poet does not agree with her coyness because they don't have much time left. We find an oxymoron "vast eternity": it is used with an ironical tone. He tries to defend himself from what he cannot get.

In line 25 The poet celebrates the woman's beauty.

In lines 26-27 There is an enjambment. The use of the negative form of shall underlines the passing of time.

In lines 27-28 Here "shall" is used to express the inevitability of what time brings.

In lines 29-30 There is the rhyme "dust-lust" which  underlines the effects of the passing of time.

In lines 31-32 The poet uses an ironical tone: "the grave" is an attractive, quiet place to stay. There is an altered construction of the sentence in order to evidence the word "none". There is the rhyme "place-embrace".

From line 33 to the end of the poem the reader finds the rhyming couplet.

In lines 33-34 There is a metaphor which compares youth (the beginning of life) to morning ( the beginning of the day).

In line 35 The "soul" is personified, the soul is willing.

In line 36  There is an anticipation of the comparison between the sun and the fire of their passion.

In line 37 The reader can find the repetition of the word "us" and of the sound "s".

In line 38 The poet makes reference to birds, linked to energy , freedom and art, in opposition to "iron gates" of line 44.

In lines 39-40 The reader can find the personification of time which is something powerful to beat.

In lines 41-42 There is an enjambment "all- our".

In line 43 The poet uses the alliteration " pleasures- strife"

In line 44 The reader can notice the metaphor "iron gates of life": the poet feels enclosed and repressed by rules and conventions of life.

In lines 45-46  The poet uses an enjambment "sun-stand" and he also uses an internal rhyme "still-him" . The sun is the metaphor of their passion.