... has almost declared war on time in an 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, yet we will make him run." (Marvell 45-46 ... written in order to not only tell the youth of the world and lovers filled with passion about the importance of seizing the day, but also to communicate to those reading the poems about the importance of not taking life for granted. It is clear to see the emotion and...

• Word Count: 2092
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

... Andrew Marvell is a work which delivers a clear theme of carpe diem. " To His Coy Mistress" is narrated by a young man heated with passion who is speaking to his mistress. In reading this poem I became convinced that the speaker was Marvell himself because he wrote it with such emotion and grace. The poem begins, "Had we but world enough, and time, This ... read, "Thus, though we cannot make our sun Stand still, yet we will make him run." (45-46). Obviously the speaker is determined to fight time with such strength and speed that even the sun will have to catch up to their love. The ent...

• Word Count: 1245
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School