Paraphrase with special care lines 37–44. Is Marvell urging violence?
What will be an ideal response?
- In lines 37–44, Marvell’s point seems to be that time works a gradual, insidious violence. It is like a devouring beast (slow-chapped), holding us in its inexorable jaws. Some students will find the imagery odd, even offensive in a love poem: birds of prey (who want to eat, not be eaten), the cannonball of strength and sweetness that batters life’s iron gates. Violence is not the speaker’s counsel, but urgency. His harsh images lend his argument intensity and force.
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You (du) could have called me.
Auf Deutsch bitte.
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Did you see the film?
WIE SAGT MAN DAS AUF DEUTSCH?
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I’m glad __________ back.
A) you B) you’re
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