This document summarizes a cultural study on the poems "To His Coy Mistress" and other poems. It discusses how literature can reflect society, analyzing how "To His Coy Mistress" addresses a shy beloved while avoiding something deeper. It also examines how Marvell's "London" depicts the diseased body of London alongside its beautiful coat, and whether the poet saw or was unaware of London's real face described in the cries of its people. The document considers the class of the poet and whether their personal views shape what they write and choose to hide. It contrasts reality versus imagination in literature and concludes that while literature takes ideas from society, the poet adds their own perspectives and not all works perfectly reflect society.

1. CULTURAL STUDY OF TO HIS COY
MISTRESS AND OTHER POEMS
 NAME: AMI SOJITRA
 SUBJECT:CULTURAL STUDIES
 ENROLMENT NUMBER: PG15101034
 SEMESTER: 2 (M.A.)
 COLLEGE: DEPARTMENT OF
ENGLISH MAHARAJA
KRISHNAKUMARSINHJI
BHAVNAGAR UNIVERSITY

2. LITERATURE AS REFLECTION OF
SOCIETY?
 TO HIS COY MISTRESS
 Poet address the poem
to his beloved and it
suggest her shyness.
 There is something
behind that romance
which poet have
avoided

3. BEAUTIFUL LONDON?
 Diseased body of
London and beautiful
coat
 Andrew Marvell has
unseen those side or
just unknown from
that?

4. LONDON
 The real face of
London
“In every cry of every Man
In every Infants cry of fear”
• The poet has written about
the lower class people
which is not cup of tea for
high class people

5. BEAUTY?
 LONDON  TO HIS COY MISTRESS

6. CLASS OF POET
 The poet will write what he see
 The poet may be not aware
 The poet want to show only good things and
hide those ugly sides
 Poetry is his personal view so he can write
what he want

7. LEAVING INDIA
 India is Stark, Ancient,
Ugly…
 I saw,
Beautiful Pictures;
everything smell of
plastic and perfume..

8. Cont..

9. REALITY V/S IMAGINATION
Literature is
fictional
Fiction Imagination
Reality
Literature is
not always
reflection of
society

10. CONCLUSION:
 Literature is not history but it has sense of
past and present
 Literature get the idea from society but
poet or writer add something from his side
also.
 Example
Romantic poets have described
beautiful pictures but the poem ‘River’ by
A. K. Ramanujan has described the river
after flood

11. THANK YOU..