Shakespeare's Sonnet 147 and Marvell's 'To His Coy Mistress' in their contexts

What this note covers

1. Two early modern moments, seventy years apart
2. Form as argument: the sonnet's volta and the seduction syllogism
3. Sonnet 147: love as sickness and the failure of reason
4. Marvell's carpe diem and the metaphysical conceit
5. Worked example: reason used against desire, and reason used for it
6. Where else these two poems can pair within the set
7. How this pairing is examined and what a top response shows

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