Andrew Marvell was an English metaphysical poet. He was born on March 31, 1621.
He grew up in the Yorkshire of Hull where his father, Reverend Andrew Marvell,
was a lecturer at Holy Trinity Church and master of the Charterhouse.
When Andrew
Marvell was twelve, he began his studies at Trinity College.Two of Marvell
poems, one in Latin and one in Greek, were published four years later.
Marvell
was also a well known politician, he held office in Cromwell's government and
represented Hull to Parliament during the Restoration period. Among his most
famous poems there are two poems stand: To This Coy Mistress and The
Puritans.
To This Coy Mistress is a
metaphysical poem including wit, irony and conceit or comparison. It was
published ,after Andrea Marvell's death, in 1681.
The Puritans were some of the earliest
settlers in America and they were a group of protestants.They rejected the
traditional structure of the Church.
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