tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8246797287811539521.post8844522233822479323..comments2022-04-07T10:37:46.850-05:00Comments on English 208b: The Impossible, Perverse and Strange: "The Imperfect Enjoyment"Dahlia Porterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09174548009168267294noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8246797287811539521.post-45805356478158819892010-01-26T09:16:23.399-06:002010-01-26T09:16:23.399-06:00You have both isolated precisely why I paired Roch...You have both isolated precisely why I paired Rochester's poem with Vaughan and Marvell: the soul is clearly getting in the way of bodily pleasure.Dahlia Porterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09174548009168267294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8246797287811539521.post-20832120228398966512010-01-23T14:23:58.321-06:002010-01-23T14:23:58.321-06:00Daniela, I completely understand the relationship ...Daniela, I completely understand the relationship between body and soul that you have pointed out in your post. I think it can be further supported by his frustration that "when vice, disease, and scandal lead the way,/ With what officious haste dost thou obey" (52-3). To be frank, Wilmot never had a problem performing when he was motivated by physical pleasure, but as soon as he desires a more intense, soulful connection to a woman his body refuses to cooperate. I think this reflects the dilemma in Marvell's poem because both the body and soul refuses to promote the other's interests.Celina Jacobihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15389444097080518806noreply@blogger.com