Critical Analysis of The GardenAs with many of his poems, Andrew Marvell wrote The Garden to make his point and then argue it logically. In The Definition of Love, for example, he writes about unrequited passions, insisting that fate itself works against true love; in The Garden he takes a similarly pessimistic point of view and takes it to its misanthropic limits, attempting to argue that being in harmony with nature and away from other people is the best way to live. All poets have traits and habits that define their style - some more than others. Marvell's style is particularly recognizable, as he commonly uses several easily identifiable techniques and images. Of the latter, The Garden features many of Marvell's basic ingredients. At the center of the entire poem is the idea of pure nature, of a world without the intrusion of man: Marvell's Eden. In his poetry he takes every opportunity to extol the virtues of a sort of hermitage, of being at peace with oneself and with the universe as a whole; this can also be seen as a central theme in the poems...
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