Abstract: During the English Civil War, Andrew Marvell, a metaphysical poet in the seventeenth century, wrote quite a few pastoral poems that, seeminly, had nothing to do with current affairs but, instead, created a perception of evading realities. Among them, the mower poems are certainly the best-known. Some scholars claim that Marvell integrates georgic poetry with eclogue by featuring the mower as a non-conventional pastoral figure, a creative move that not only acknowledges the value of labor, but also shows so much reasoning and concern over the reality. In fact, the figure of the mower reflects man's relationship with the land in reality, implies the poet's cautious attitude toward the Agricultural Revolution, and reveals, in particular, his georgic ideal, which sets “conscience” as its criteria and keeps the aims of resolving conflict and revering nature at its core.

Key words: Andrew Marvell, the mower poems, the figure of the mowet, agricultural revolution, georgic ideal