Marvell Vs Herrick

"Marvell Vs Herrick" During the 17th century the style of writing was changing from poems about death to ones whose subject was about living life to it’s fullest extent. This kind of writing was also known as carpe diem. Robert Herrick and Andrew Marvell were two of the first carpe diem poets. Although their styles were similar their subjects differed. Both Marvell and Herrick used metaphors in their writing. In To His Coy Mistress, …

…love, he wants to make it right in the eyes of God. This pair of carpe diem poets wrote during the same time period and had similar styles but had contrasting subjects. Marvell wrote from the heart to his girlfriend to show his everlasting love for her by writing a poem about it to her, while Herrick told girls that if they don’t couple while they are young they never will be able to.