1. To seize the day: robert herrick and andrew marvell
... every part of her body. However, the sense of urgency felt in the first two lines reappears. "But at my back, I always hear / Time's winged chariot hurrying near." (Marvell 21-22). Marvell delivers this second burst of urgency at this particular part of the poem in order to secure in our thoughts with his importance of time. Time is a part of ... effort to gather their strengths together in order to fight time. The speaker is determined to fight time with such strength and speed that even the sun will have to catch up to their love. "Thus, though we cannot make our sun / Stand still, ye...
- Word Count: 2092
- Approx Pages: 8
- Grade Level: High School