Civil War and The Writers of This Period

     The struggle between the monarchy and the parliament resulted in the Civil War. This civil war period  influenced English Literature as we can see the other periods' influences on literature. The first newspapers also begun to appear. Scientific discoveries was becoming increasingly important. John Milton and Andrew Marvell are writers of this period. If you want to take much more information about Civil War period and its influences on English Litarature,you can read Literature and The Civil War edited by Thomas Healy and Jonathan Sawday. (http://www.cambridge.org/gb/academic/subjects/literature/renaissance-and-early-modern-literature/literature-and-english-civil-war)
     Love of learning and strong religious beliefs are themes of John Milton's writings. He supported the Commonwealth against Charles I. He was imprisoned after the Restoration for a short period. What about "On His Blindness"? It's about John Milton's blindness. He talks to "Patience" in his poem. Patience says "You think God needs your work? No,man. Life is full of burden and if you can stand life's burden,you are the best servant of God. You can just bear and wait on him,and that's enough."
   

     Andrew Marvell is a politician and producedvarious poems and polemical religious pamphlets during the rest of his life. He published his first verses in Latin and Greek at the age of 16. What about "To His Coy Mistress". It is completely about carpediem between sex and time. We shouldn't consider about tomorrow or yesterday. Time is passing so fast. In the first stanza,he used heart metaphorically for love and sex. In the second stanza says us that we don't have the time,we are about to die. Life is very short,but death is forever. In the third stanza,he mentions about "now". Anyway,he says,we can not make time stop,but we can change places or our life with it. He provides a chance to explore some of those confusing thoughts.