Compare between the ****************physical poets and the Cavaliers.
We noticed that all stanzas are describing the beauty of his beloved in the same manner. We have the same kind of questions repeated in all stanzas. Each time he gets an item which is going to describe.
1- We don't have deep meanings, it's direct and clear. It's a very light poem. But those cavaliers are poets, they do not just say simple poems but there must be something in their poetry that makes it good poetry. They are not speaking about something very deep but they have certain meanings in their poetry
2- We said that they are playful …. what is playful here in this poem? He is describing her physical beauty; this is what we said in the characteristics of the cavaliers. He's not describing her soul or how she behaves or what she really is. He is only describing her physical appearance and it is all temporary because the physical beauty doesn't stay forever.
3- Remember when we talked about Ben Jonson's poem Chairs, it was the same, so it was physical beauty - but before that when we took the ****************physical poets, they were interested in spiritual love, so this is a difference between the ****************physical poets and the cavaliers although they share some qualities. They are not as deep and philosophic as the ****************physical.
The whole poem is based on the idea that beauty does not stay forever but it is temporary. This is how he is playful. He is giving us examples of the beautiful things that has a very short life such as a rose that only flourishes during spring and not all spring but for only few days.
How many hours do the stars stay in the sky only during the night?
How many days does the nightingale sing?
All examples that he's giving are short and temporary.
There is also an influence of Spenser. The idea of swearing and using mythological references come from Spenser and the use of stanzas which have the same regular Rhyme. We don't have variation of stanzas.