Andrew Marvell in the 1946 British film "A Matter of Life and Death". It is also referenced in Audrey Niffenegger's "The Time Traveler's Wife" and Emily Colin's "The Memory Thief". The 1969 song "Beggin' Your Pardon" by cult American psychedelic rock band "Morgen" references Marvell's poem "To His Coy Mistress" Several works of science fiction, fantasy, and mystery also allude to "To His Coy Mistress". Andrew Marvell Andrew Marvell (; 31 March 1621 – 16 August 1678) was an English metaphysical poet, satirist and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1659 and 1678. During the Commonwealth
The Mistress of the Copper Mountain (fairy tale) with the Mistress is a symbolic manifestation of death. A contact with the Mistress is a symbolic manifestation of death. As one of the "mountain spirits", she does not hesitate to kill those who did not pass her tests, but even those who had been rewarded by her do not live happily ever after, as shown with Danilo in "The Stone Flower". The Mistress was also interpreted as the manifestation of the female sexuality. "The Mistress exudes sexual attraction and appears as its powerful source". Mark Lipovetsky commented that she is the most terrifying characters of the stories. She is