AGPS - Plays and Poetry

References to plays and poetry are more precise in terms of acts, scenes, lines, verses, and so on.

In-text

The setting of the scene suggests … (Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet 1992, act 3, scene 2, line 74).

In ‘To his coy mistress’, Marvell declares ‘And yonder all before us lie / Deserts of vast eternity’ (lines 23-4).

Marvell’s ‘To his coy mistress’ is rich and evocative in detail:
But at my back I always hear
Time’s winged chariot hurrying near;
And yonder all before us lie
Deserts of vast eternity. (lines 21-4)

Marvell suggests that the character can be seen in two roles (‘To his coy mistress’, verses 1 & 2, lines 9-13).

List of References

Shakespeare, W 1992, Romeo and Juliet, eds B Mowat & P Werstine, Washing Squre-Pocket, New York.

Marvell, A 2005, ‘To his coy mistress’, in XJ Kennedy & D Gioia (eds), Literature: an introduction to fiction, poetry, and drama,. 9th edn, Longman, New York, pp. 1208-9.