To His Coy Mistress And To The Virgins

As Wendy Martin says “the poem leaves the reader with painful impression of a woman in her mid-fifties, who having lost her domestic comforts is left to struggle with despair. Although her loss is mitigated by the promise of the greater rewards of heaven, the experience is deeply tragic.” (75)

I say “carpe diem” because, to me, the essays convey the message that we are all going to die someday so we must make the most of the time we are allotted. The most evident symbols of this underlying theme are the dying moth in Woolf’s essay and E. B. White’s realization that time waits for no one in his. As grim as they may be, these two

     I really like this poem because it makes me want to get out of bed in the morning or turn off the television and do something productive like read a book, or go to the gym. It perfectly reveals the true meaning of carpe diem. The very first sentence alone tells me to get things done while I can. Now when I think of “To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time”, it will remind me of carpe diem, which will make me want to make every minute of my day account for something good whether it be reading a chapter

Similarly, the phrase ‘the next moment, you are no longer there’ is perhaps suggesting that he was shocked at seeing her go so suddenly. However, the fact that when she next reappears she is ‘perfectly framed shows us that the joy of seeing her after thinking she has gone for good is a surprise to him. ‘Fragrant survivors of last night’s frost’ shows us that the flowers are strong, which is a suggestion that their love is strong. In the fourth verse the phrase ‘my heart misses a beat at love for you’ shows us that the love was so intense that time seemed to stop too. ‘Knowing a time will come when you are no longer there’ shows us that he is not looking forward to that time and that he knows it is inevitable. ‘Meanwhile let us make sure we clasp each shared moment’ shows us that he wants to make sure they use their time together wisely, and ‘in cupped hands, like water we dare not spill’ shows us they know that their time together is precious.

In the poem “Carpe Diem,” as well as in “To the Virgins,” the authors utilize symbolism in different ways to express a similar meaning. The quote “Whether thou liv’st more winters, or thy last…Whilst we are talking, envious time doth slide:” from “Carpe Diem” conveys the message that dwelling on one’s destiny

The sense throughout the entire poem is that the speaker is nervous about embarking on a new journey in their life. Something encapsulated perfectly when the speaker says “this is the beginning of sadness, I say to myself” (24). The irony here is that many children dream of becoming older from the time they can talk. Hell, maybe even before that. They see a distorted view of freedom in adulthood and oppression in childhood. This speaker’s view of blossoming out of childhood, however, is bleak and contrast with what most children want. Maybe the speaker is scared of getting closer to going to high school, having to leave certain things or people behind or, maybe they just fear change in general. The poem does not hand the correct interpretation to the reader and leaves it up for interpretation, something that makes the poem more powerful by allowing the reader to draw their own conclusions as to why the speaker is apprehensive about reaching their new milestone. Thus rings the bell, calling for a pause of reading and the start of thinking. This openness leaves different readers with different backgrounds, different experiences and different personalities to all read differently into what the speaker fears about growing up. A reader who grew up affluent may attribute this concern as a normal progression of feelings which starts as fear but grows into excitement due to having new experiences to enjoy. A reader who grew up poor may think the speaker realizes they will have to make tough decisions to survive and that the best years of their life are behind them. This openness of having different people read differently into the speaker’s irony is why a thirty-two-line poem leads to an infinite amount of interpretations. As well as being used for humour, irony is also used to highlight certain expectations of growing

Here’s some background information about myself: I am 19 years old, I am a Christian, and this is my Sophomore year of college. In the poem, two older women are talking about their views on life. The significant thing about their conversation is the fact that they both have two different ideas as to what life has left to offer them. They both agree that in the beginning life was sweet. I believe they were referring to how life was when they were younger women. They felt that life was rich and pure during those specific years. The first woman then goes on to say that life eventually grew

The words carpe diem mean “seize the day” in Latin. It is a theme that has been used throughout the history of literature and has been a popular philosophy in teaching from the times of Socrates and Plato up to the modern English classroom. Carpe diem says to us that life isn’t something we have forever, and every passing moment is another opportunity to make the most out of the few precious years that we have left. In the poems “A Fine, a Private Place” by Diane Ackerman and “To His Coy Mistress” by Andrew Marvell, carpe diem is the underlying theme that ties them together, yet there are still a few key differences throughout each of these two poems that shows two very different perspectives on how one goes about seizing their day.

and carpe dime. The poem is set out into three verses; 1.-If, 2. - But

The issue of the connotation of this poem is about finding joy and conveying how to be a beautiful life is. As formerly living with action or excitement. Basically interpreting how Lucinda Matlock life was before she succumbed. When she says "One time after changing partners" all for that was why and how she met her husband Davis all with the cause of a promenade and switching participants. Over time they partner together with Lucinda caring for both of their innumerable children. As Lucinda conveys "Enjoying, working, raising the twelve children/ eight of whom we lost"

We must focus on expression carpe diem. The speaker uses references to the Bible "Love you ten years before the flood" (8) to show her that if Noah would have waited for the flood all of God's creation would have died. Noah did not hesitate when making his decision or worry about what his future consequences could be. Noah trusted God; therefore, he ended up living a prosperous life with no regrets. If I live the rest of my life second guessing myself and doing the same thing every day; I will never understand the true meaning of carpe diem. The speaker uses carpe diem and death to influence her into his pants. He exclaims that "then worms shall try That long- persevered virginity" (27-28) if she does not have sex with him now before she dies. The only thing going inside her will be worms. This grotesque image is repulsing. I do not see myself running into arms of a man who thought of these horrific images. I would regret having sex with him more than I would regret not having sex with him. If the speaker promised me a marriage in the future. I would be willing to go against my moral values. However, the speaker shows no promise of commitment, honest love, or a

In “Carpe Diem”, epistrophe emphasises living in the present, thus elucidating that living in the present leads to pleasure. On the surface the poem is about Age’s lesson to a few children, but through analysis it presents a complex metaphysical problem. Age wants the kids to be happy and tells them to seize pleasure. “To bid them both be happy./ ’Be happy, happy, happy”(8-10). The poem establishes the repetition of “be happy” which stresses the point that “Age” is trying to convey.

Carpe Diem is defined as to seize the day.Throughout my choice novel I am Malala it revolves a lot around that specific romanticism characteristic. To begin with, in the beginning of the book she explains how she wants to make a change in the world and she explains that she thinks she can do so if she writes a letter to god so that he can help her. She then states “God gave me strength and courage and make make perfect because I want to make this world perfect,Malala” (28). This shows carpe diem because she is showing how she will use what god gave her to not only make a change, but to make the world perfect.Next, Malala explains to us how people believe women only want independence to disobey their fathers which eventually leads her to state "It means we want to make decisions for ourselves.

Carpe Diem is another major theme never found in courtly love poetry, but rather in cavalier. Cavalier poets urge young lovers to “seize the day”, enjoy the present moment because youth and beauty will fade soon and forever. The theme of brevity of life also serves the carpe diem, since the best in life ends “Corinna’s Going a Maying” insists on enjoying youth and love and not to be shy, because all pleasures of life come to an end when death comes. [Cavalier poets did not take life seriously, because this life is too short, so one should enjoy it.

These poems are an invitation to seize the moment that men make to women. Readers need not be surprised, for also the theme of carpe diem was very popular among ancient authors, like Horace and Virgil. Therefore, Renaissance poets, with their classical taste, were fond of this theme and used it in their sonnets. Strange as it may seem, the poems of carpe diem, too, talk about love, but they abandon the idealized aspect of love as a yearning of the soul for higher realities, and mainly focus on passion and sex. These literary works are also significant because they give an insight of a male-centric society, where the man is not a courteous knight anymore, but he is a person with deep bodily instincts that want to satisfy his appetites. One of the best examples of these sonnets is “To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time” by Robert Herrick. The key part of the poem is the first stanza, when the poet tells the virgins that “this same flower that smiles today / Tomorrow will be dying” (757). He suggests using their time while they still can and profiting of “that age … when youth and blood are warmer”