To His Coy Mistress

I liked this poem in that it addresses a universal topic. This topic is something we all adhere, time. There are certain ways we have to spend our days and certain ways we wish we could spend it. The speaker wants to spend the afternoon with his lady walking and passing the long love's day away. Which in a way, is ironic, because part of the poem is not having the amount of time to spend with his love and how they need not let time pass. Time is also prevalent in the poem in that the speaker wishes he could go back to an earlier time so he could have loved her sooner. His love also continues into the future for the woman deserves this forever. The last two lines wrap up the poem in saying that they cannot make the sun stand still. Which ultimately means they cannot stop time at all. The seasons will continue to pass, and as the seasons pass they become older losing more and more time together. Overall, carpe diem, seize the day.