The main differences between poems are described by Metaphysical and Classical.

The main differences between poems are described by Metaphysical and Classical.

The main differences between poems are described by Metaphysical and

Classical. The most famous metaphysical poets would be John Dunn and

Marvell, and then the most famous classical poets would be Marlowe and

Johnson. Metaphysical being the more interesting makes use of

arguments to persuade this can also be described as dialectic. Then

Classical is more "Carpe Diem" (Seize the Day) being simpler and with

all the verses being the same and in a Starvea (irregular) and an

example of this is the poem To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time.

The poem, To his coy mistress is very much Carpe Diem but the poet

Andrew Marvell who wrote it was influenced by both Metaphysical and

Classical types of poetry, the way in the beginning of the poem he

seems to talk about things in a very slow way, walking, time slowing

down to try to woe the women in a much quicker, the poem also shows a

lot of Petrachan influences as when Andrew Marvell says 'Thine eyes,

and on thy forehead gaze' and 'Thy beauty shall no more be found'. The

poem is very much more in use of words that show the women in which

the poem is talking about as being a goddess as I said earlier; this

seems to play a large part in the poem.

Another poem which is also very Carpe Diem is, to the virgins, to make

much of time, this poem uses irregular (starvea) stress' and

unstressed' words, but does have a regular amount of feet throughout

the poem. The poem seems to be stating to a woman that she should not

wait at all and get married in her youth when she still can, it is

speaking as though the women has no other option than to get married

in her youthful times. The writer, Robert Herrick, is using the sun

also as a use of time saying to hurry before the sun sets and it will

be too late for the sun and the women marrying times are gone.

The poem The Flea is very different to the other two before, it is a

metaphysical poem which is much more interesting, it uses a much more

dialectic view of wooing a women. It uses the fact that as a flea has

bitten both the poet and the women of whom he is in love with, that it

means that there are three lives all together in one and that him and

his love almost 'more than maryed are'.