Serious Humor in To His Importunate Mistress, by Peter de Vries

Each story has two aspects. When people see love and passion, others will see burdens and indifference. This is the case to Peter De Fries "his important hostess", "comedy imitation" of Andrew Marvel 's 17th century work, to his niece. Peter De Fries uses satire and rhyme to express a humorous approach to the reality and consequences of contemporary marriage. Poetry is a literary art that conveys many depressing themes, but some people think that humor and deep thinking exists at both ends of the spectrum.

In 1986 Peter Defries wrote a "Being His Important Mistress", in 1681 Andrew Marvel wrote a parody of "Singing a niece". The latest version of Devries uses the same structure and metaphor to imitate the idea proposed by Marvell in the 17th century. Poetry "hostess important to him" reflects the stereotypes associated with the 20th century, the importance of money, the lack of love, the lack of shame, and so on. "To his niece" is about love and praise, but these are emotions of the past.

A De Vries speaker, a self-centered, loveless person is a mockery of Marvell's speaker. Unlike the Marvell speaker who tried to tempt the lover's mistress, the De Vries speaker takes care of an important mistress. The De Vries lecturer is not trying to appeal Marvell to be with him, but to dispel his mistress. The two speakers have different views on their plight. Devries said, "It took time to prove that the creditor would be my predator," and the spokesperson shows the debt spent on expensive dating with a demanding mistress. Devries also states that the lecturer has a wife, stating that "Mistress is supposed to be a wife, which means twice as expensive a life." . mistress