From: "Dominic Fox" <[log in to unmask]>
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One of the poems behind this poem is Marvell's "To His Coy Mistress".
Both poems are about a refusal to speak. Marvell's poem is an attempt
to induce speech, by argument and by seduction. Thomas's poem resists
the seduction and counters the argument.
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Also Marvell's poem is a Reply Poem to Donne's "The Flea" -- both three
part-ers, Donne working from the Argument from Analogy, Marvell redefining
the game in terms of Aristotelian Logic.
Jus a thot ...
Nah?
Da Dormouse.
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