My vegetable love should grow vaster than empires.I thought this was an excellent comparison. Like a garden, love grows with time; the speaker is saying his love will grow larger than a vast empire. How sweet!
The Ganges and Humber are mentioned, showing distance between the two lovers. I also noticed some references to the Bible in the first section of the poem- "Flood" and "conversion of the Jews". I really have no idea why those references are in the poem; maybe it is to show that their love is old?
I could be getting this whole poem wrong, but I think I understand the message. Lines 1-2 say, "Had we but world enough, and time, this coyness, lady, were no crime." The speaker is basically saying that there is no time for beating around the bush; life is too short! Also, the entire third section of the poem basically says that they need to do everything they can while they are still young. The second section is the one that confused me the most. Is he trying to convince her to have sex with him? Because, frankly, that's what it sounded like to me- "long-preserved virginity", "all my lust", "your quaint honor turned to dust".
Until Next Time,
Alysse
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