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Andrew Marvell in his poem “To His Coy Mistress” portrays how a seemingly young man, in the 17th century, tries to seduce his beloved to sleep with him. The speaker of the poem urges his beloved to consummate their love by instilling the images of first immortality, secondly fear of death, and finally the inability to achieve the first and the reality of the second that will compel her to make a decision. First, the speaker portrays how he would court his beloved if they had the fantasy of being immortal. The speaker appeals to the woman by telling her that his love would grow bigger than empires and that she could have, if she pleases, until the end of time to consider sleeping with him. He also tries to charm th