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Luxurious Andrew Marvell – The Mower Against The Gardens
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From the term ‘luxuria,’ meaning lust or indulgence. As we know, ‘lust'is one of the 7 deadly sins.

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aren’t those synonyms regardless?

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seraglio Andrew Marvell – The Mower Against The Gardens
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Harem; living quarters for concubines

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Its onion root they then so high did hold,
That one was for a meadow sold: Andrew Marvell – The Mower Against The Gardens
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Tulips grow from bulbs and are basically glorified onions – but they could be very expensive!

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The Blood I stanch, and Wound I seal. Andrew Marvell – Damon the Mower
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The Mower uses herbs to stop his bleeding – he’s self-medicating

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I whet my Sythe and Woes. Andrew Marvell – Damon the Mower
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This is an example of zeugma – a yoking of a concrete and an abstract noun under the same verb, which acts differently upon each noun, so that he’s literally whetting his scythe but only figuratively whetting his woes

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But now I all the day complain,
Joyning my Labour to my Pain; Andrew Marvell – Damon the Mower
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Kind of like that co-worker in the cubicle next to you who’s always telling you her problems

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Nor am I so deform'd to sight,
If in my Sithe I looked right;
In which I see my Picture done,
As in a crescent Moon the Sun. Andrew Marvell – Damon the Mower
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The Mower likes to check himself out in the reflective surface of his scythe

Just as the sun gives light to the moon, the Mower lends his winsome good looks to the crescent-shaped blade of the scythe

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Damon’s doing what a number of poetic speakers who have been rejected do: insist that he’s not ugly and that therefore Juliana’s the problem.

In Shakespeare’s venus and Adonis, Venus says:
“‘Were I hard-favour’d, foul, or wrinkled-old,
Ill-nurtured, crooked, churlish, harsh in voice,
O'erworn, despised, rheumatic and cold,
Thick-sighted, barren, lean and lacking juice,
Then mightst thou pause, for then I were not for thee
But having no defects, why dost abhor me?”

And, since she’s the goddess of Love, she’s kind of got a point. Damon’s adding to his claim in the previous stanza that he’s actually kind of a catch: “Juliana, I’m rich in hay and I’m not ugly. What’s your problem?”

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And though in Wooll more poor than they,
Yet am I richer far in Hay. Andrew Marvell – Damon the Mower
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This is pretty meaningless unless we know the relative current market prices of wool and hay, respectively

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He’s again reminding us of the simple pleasures a laborer takes, and forging a bit of a poetic rivalry with those pastoral poets who elevate the shepherd. He’s more boss than the Shepherd he says. But again, it’s a humblebrag that’s more humble than brag. He doesn’t covet what others have and is pleased by his own yield.

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Yet Thou ungrateful hast not sought
Nor what they are, nor who them brought. Andrew Marvell – Damon the Mower
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Seriously dude, what’s she supposed to do with a toothless snake, a bunch of chameleons, and some leaves covered in bee-shit?

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its the symbolism – he’s disarmed sin and evil so as to create a world for them where they’re able to live in peace and harmony and indulge in the food of the gods (that honey)

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Not July causeth these Extremes,
But Juliana's scorching beams. Andrew Marvell – Damon the Mower
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We might expect the speaker to compare the very hot weather to the intensity of his love for Juliana, but he’s going even further: it’s LITERALLY Juliana who’s responsible for current warming trends

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