John Donne said that it was probably meant to "perplex the mind of the fair sex.
John Donne said that it was probably meant to "perplex the mind of the fair sex." It makes fun of the language of courtship, speaking of "wooing on the banks of Ganges...Till the conversion of the Jews" and has "quaint" in "All your quaint honor turn to dust" referring to female pudendum. Elsewhere, the speaker reminds the addressee that he hears "Time's winged chariot hurrying near." For ten points, the speaker wishes that he had "world enough, and time" for the pursuit of poon in this Marvell poem.
John Donne said that it was probably meant to "perplex the mind of the fair sex.
{To His Coy Mistress}