Go And Catch A Falling Star

[MZOoON]

Hi every body..

can you help me to explain these poems:

To his coy mistress

go and catch a falling star

[JBI]

Tell me what you think of them, and I'll tell you what I think. As it is, I have my own homework to do, and if you are not interested in contributing...

[kandaurov]

I've recently dealt with To his coy Mistress in class, and like JBI I'd be glad to help you out if you narrow the scope a bit by telling us what you already know, for example.

[sofia82]

What do you want to know about these poems? style, figurative languages, just paraphrase, rhyme, rhythm ...?

[MZOoON]

explaination.
i can’t understand these poems because ican’t speak English well.

[JBI]

Then you picked some difficult poems. Donne's language is pun-ladden and overly complex.

As for Marvell, try this link http://www.cummingsstudyguides.net/Guides4/Marvell.html#Top

[sofia82]

Go and catch a falling star

This is the poem about the speaker's idea that there is no women fair and true in the world. He expresses this idea in the first stanza by asking the one who he is speaking to do impossible things such as catching a falling star, telling him about the past, .... in the second stanza in order to prove this, he asks the one to travel around the world and tries to find such a true and fair lady. If he finds tells the speaker about such a lady. But in the third stanza, he again says that there is no fair and true women, and even there is one, as you write a love letter to her, she will be with other men.

[JBI]

It isn't really about the speaker the way I see it, it is an ironic comment on chivalry. The poem takes its tone and imagery from 12-13th century poetry, and seems to be mocking saying there is no more fair maiden/damsel in distress. It reminds me of Don Quixote in many ways.

[sofia82]

It isn't really about the speaker the way I see it, it is an ironic comment on chivalry. The poem takes its tone and imagery from 12-13th century poetry, and seems to be mocking saying there is no more fair maiden/damsel in distress. It reminds me of Don Quixote in many ways.

Yes, it can be a mocking of chivalric poetry, Especially the second stanza which is the same as Don Quixote travelling all over the world in search of a fair maiden.

[MZOoON]

Thank you for all

JBI .. this link (http://www.cummingsstudyguides.net/G...rvell.html#Top) is useful but there is no explaination.