To His Mistress Going to Bed

How does the Speaker describe the Mistress in the poem, To His Mistress Going to Bed?

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The speaker's mistress is compared repeatedly to a holy figure, like an angel, or something intangible like a ghost. As such, even though the poem is very focused on her body, she still becomes an almost spirit-like figure, a representation of the very idea of desire.

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To His Mistress Going to Bed, BookRags