The Definition of Love (Masterplots II: Poetry, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Andrew Marvell
- First Published: 1681
- Type of Work: Lyric
- Genres: Poetry, Lyric poetry
- Subjects: Love or romance, Despair, Hope, England or English people, Seventeenth century, Fate or fatalism, Nobility
The Poem
Andrew Marvell is classified as a Metaphysical poet. The Metaphysical poets flourished in the first half of the seventeenth century; their love poetry deals with the philosophical, not the romantic, aspects of being in love. The title suggests such an approach. The eight quatrains of the poem appear as an argument leading to the “therefore” of the final stanza, which has the terseness and compactness normally associated with definitions. It must be realized, however, that much Metaphysical poetry utilizes ambiguity, double meanings, and ironies. Here the term...
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