"Seize the day." In To His Coy Mistress, Marvell creates a timeless land of paradise and contrasts it to the harsh realities of the real world. If there were enough time, the speaker would continue on court his mistress forever, but time is disappearing fast, so they must take advantage of the moments they currently have and express their love for one another before death comes to claim them; there is no time to be coy. Through allusion, metaphor, and imagery Marvell successfully conveys his theme of time and seduction.
In the first stanza the speaker is basically telling his mistress to live and love, because time is short and life is passing. Centuries seem to pass by in minutes for the speaker; why el
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