The Poetry of Marvell (Masterplots, Definitive Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Andrew Marvell
- First Published: 1681
- Type of Work: Poetry
- Genres: Poetry
- Subjects: Love or romance, Authors or writers, Literature, Poetry or poets, England or English people, Seventeenth century, Gardens or gardening
Critical Evaluation:
Andrew Marvell, influenced by the work of Ben Jonson and John Donne, was the last major poet with their qualities and habits of mind. All his great poems are metaphysical; that is, they present feeling intellectually and synthesize thought and passion. Marvell is always aware of the multiplicity and the unity of the universe and the tension he maintains between them constitutes the peculiar poise and balance of his verse. This metaphysical reconciliation of seeming opposites appears in the imagery of the poems, which with characteristic hyberbole combine...
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