This poem was easy to read but each sentence in each stanza had a lot meanings. I think in the first stanza the poet expresses the saying of "Carpe Diem" that urges someone to "Seize the Day",and he believes vergins should do so. I also think that the rose buds symbolize the vergins, fresh and youthful, but brief. Life is compared to a flower, where one day one experiences joy and then the next day dies. The second stanza I found very hard to understand, but I think that its trying to say that life is like a day, there is first a sunrise and then a sunset. So I think that this stanza is trying to say that death is the end of existence. The third stanza I believe is saying that youth is the best time of life since young people are strong and are more able to enjoy themselves. Finally, I think that in the last stanza the poet is saying that each person should take control of his or her life, and spend their time wisely. Since life is short, the poet says to enjoy life and try to make your dreams come true.
Giuseppina ScottoDiCarlo
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Everything she said was great, its exactly how I felt the poem was presented. Just thought I'd see if I could add anything.
Poem is all about: "carpe diem"=> seizing the day
The speaker is trying to tell virgins just to go around having sex, but to rather marry. To do it sooner then later cause we may not be living at that later time. Christianity and "carpe diem" are linked together in the poem.
Several metaphors are used to link youth and nature together. As we get older things for us are more limited. If we're virgins when we die we haven't made the most of time.
Some double meanings I think I found are "sun" in line 5 also possible being "son" to show youth. And also the third to last line "marry" also being merry to show happiness.
I like not only the poem itself but how it evolves. In the start it is relating to flowers and then as you progress, the poem progresses as well....if that makes any sense?
I also liked the continued use of metaphors, I'm finally getting pretty good at picking them out as I read through. I think she got most of the points though, especially the most important one- to seize the day.
I agree with everything that was said in the original post. I think that Carpe Diem is shown throughout the poem because it's telling us that life is getting shorter and the best time to enjoy anything is in the beginning. The second stanza is talking about how the sun is closer to setting than to rising. That the world will end sooner rather than later and that we as people should sieze this oppourtunity to live our life. The last stanza is saying that one shouldn't be worried about luring the opposite sex but instead should want to go about and do their own thing. If not one could end up staying longer in certain place than they really want to.
MATT NEAL-MINK
I would have to agree that carpe diem is a main theme in this poem. This poem is all about how this man is trying to use youthfulness as a pick up line. Saying that we should do this while we're young because we're gonna look ugly when we're older
Ok, so we have all gotten the point across that this poem is about Carpe Diem. This is obvious. Siezing the day is an on-going theme throughout history. The belief that one should take every opportunity while you can because you may not be able to as time goes by. This is definitely, in my mind, a key to success and happiness in life. The thing I would disagree with is to what Matt said, sorry buddy. I believe that this poem is encouraging Carpe Diem as a mode to influence others and get others to truely take advantage of all the wonderfull things while you are young. Not as a pick up line. Again this is only my opinion so I could be wrong, but that's what I think.
In this poem, Herrick obviously talks mainly about the idea of "carpe diem", meaning sieze the day. The man of this poem is trying to get virgins to realize that after youth there's not really a point anymore because it's all down hill after that.
This poem is saying to sieze the day, this may be your last so use your time wisely. It is also saying that from now on you will just older and the world will get harder so basicly it is all down hill from here. Take advantage of your youth while you still have it.
Caitlin McCarty
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