TOMyCoyMistressDuMeicontents•space-timemetaphors•sextualmotifSpace-Timemetaphors•Hadwebutworldenoughandtime•space-timemetaphor(subjunctiveconcept)•thefactknowingthattheydonot•boundbythedimensionsofspaceandtime•hyperbole,playfulness,thegrimfearofannihilationtheMotifofSpaceandTime•philosophicalconsiderationoftime,ofeternity,ofman'spleasureandsalvationinanafterlife.•arangebetweenman'slustandman'sphilosophy•obviousandveiledallusionsofspacespacemotif•Hadwebutworldenough,andtime,•Thiscoyness,lady,werenocrime.•Wewouldsitdownandthinkwhichway•Towalk,andpassourlonglove'sday,•ThoubytheIndianGangesside•Shouldstrubiesfind;Ibythetidesuggesteddistance•OfHumberwouldcomplain.Iwould•LoveyoutenyearsbeforetheFlood,•Andyoushould,ifyouplease,refuse•TilltheconversionoftheJews.•Myvegetableloveshouldgrow•Vasterthanempires,andmoreslow.SpaceMotif•Anhundredyearsshouldgotopraise•Thineeyes,andonthyforeheadgaze;•Twohundredtoadoreeachbreast,senseofspatialmovement•ButthirtythousandtotherestSpaceandTimeRelationship•ButatmybackIalwayshear•Time'swingedchariothurryingnear•Andyonderallbeforeuslie•Desertsofvasteternity.•spaceandtimeareclearlyrelatedintheseimage.•Thus,thoughwecannotmakeoursun•Standstill,yetwewillmakehimrun.•thespacemotifclimaxesinanimagethatagainincorporatesthetimemotif:thesun,bywhichthemanmeasurestimeandwhichwillnotstandstillinspace,willbeforcedtorun.TimeMotif•Anhundredyearsshouldgotopraise•Thineeyes,andonthyforeheadgaze;•Twohundredtoadoreeachbreast,•Butthirtythousandtotherest;•Anageatleasttoeverypart,•Andthelastageshouldshowyourheart.SextualMotif•pleasureofsextocounterbalancethethreatsofemptyeternitySextualMotif•romanticdistantGanges,redruby,complain••lessromanticveiledsuggestiveness:rest,part••bolderimageryarmorousimages:birds,oneball