The Love Collection: "To His Coy Mistress" by Andrew Marvell

"To His Coy Mistress" is an example of a carpe diem poem, a poem that encourages someone to live to the fullest because life is short. Here, the speaker encourages his beloved to give in to his romantic overtures.

Read the poem here.

18 words 6882 learners

What type of activity would you like to assign?

Practice An adaptive activity where students answer a few questions about each word in this list. If a student struggles with a word, we follow up with additional questions.Quiz Quiz your students on this list. Easily customize your quiz by choosing specific words, question-types, and meanings to include.Spelling Bee Students are required to spell every word on the list. If they get a word wrong, we follow up until they learn the spelling.Vocabulary Jam Students join teams and compete in real time to see which team can answer the most questions correctly.

Assign this list to your students

Start a free 10-day teacher trial to engage your students in all of Vocabulary.com’s word learning activities. Set up fun Vocab Jams, create a quiz, and monitor each student’s progress.

Start your free teacher trial

Learn more about how Vocabulary.com supports educators across the country.

The Love Collection: "To His Coy Mistress" by Andrew Marvell﻿

What type of activity would you like to assign?

Assign this list to your students

Sign up now (it’s free!)

The Love Collection: "To His Coy Mistress" by Andrew Marvell