Lust and pleasure as a theme. To His Coy Mistress, The Lover A Ballad,

Lust and pleasure as a theme. To His modest woman of the street, The fan A Ballad, The impulseful ShepherdHow have poets presented women and how are gender issues explainedHaving analyze a range of poesys regarding gender issues and how womenare treated in society, I have chosen to focus on two main poems ToHis Coy Mistress by Andrew Marvell and The buffer A Ballad by gentlewoman MaryWortly Montagu. In addition to this I will deal with The PassionateShepherded to His Love by Christopher Marlowe and The Nymphs Reply bySir Walter Raleigh. The chivalrous Layde by Spencer Wallace Cone. Allthese poems explore women and gender issues in their own way. The buffer A Ballad was pen as a reply to the poem To His Coy Mistress.Both these poem have connections of love and sexuality. To His CoyMistress is written in a way of persuading the girl to sleep with him.The poet has written in such a way that people can hypothesise that womendont mean anything and they just want pleasure. Pleas ure and lust arealso are aspects which include in the themes of this two poems. TheLover A Ballad as a re...