ENGL 201 Final: ENG 201 FINAL review Andrew Marvell and Katherine Phillips.docx
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Never published any of his works, his wife did it for money. Coyness is a crime because life is short and time goes by fast. He is saying he would love her forever if they had time, but he hears the chariot . If you do not have sex, you will die taking your virginity to your grave. coming (death) and she needs to stop being so shy. Time will stand still while they are having sex, because time is in the favor if they do it soon. This reading is very narrow and simplistic in that it assumes marvell is just accepting the garden as a happy state to experience a retreat within. It is compared to eden, but with only one occupant. The garden takes away all of his trouble. Epicurean poem- makes life happy with intellectual pleasure. This garden is only green, no white or red . There are a lot of fruits in the garden.
