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To My Mistress Sitting by a River's Side: An Eddy - Coggle Diagram
To My Mistress Sitting by a River's Side: An Eddy
Language
Conceit of an Eddy
'mark how yond Eddy' - established in opening line and enforced w imperatives
'she doth divorce' - gendering of Eddy enhances conceit
'clip her silver waves/ See how she strokes their sides' - erotic imagery
'she frowns' - downward curve of an Eddy
'thousand dimples on her cheek' - literal view of Eddy
'within these arms forever swim' - endless circling of an Eddy
Images of illicit, sneaky behaviour
'steals away' - mysterious
'scorns the torrent' - conflict, but also teasing
'headlong' - recklessness
expectations and attitudes towards women
'locked up safe' - paradox: safety and restriction
'channel's course' - expected journey of women
'native spring' - idea of familial expectations
'with her new love play' - defies loyal expectations of women
'my breast thy shore, where thou shalt take secure repose' - safety imagery continued
Structure
13 couplets: they are bonded
Enjambment allows the poem to flow
Iambic tetrameter gives a lyrical quality which imitates the Eddy
Context
Cavalier group of poets: embody the Carpe Diem attitude
expectations of women
Use of conceit
Themes and Comparisons
Playfulness and Sex: The Flea, Elegy
Misogyny and Inequality
Relationships and intimate connections