Carpe Diem- "Seize the Day"
46 lines
3 stanzas
in this situation...
coy means shy
mistress means a desirable single woman
Who? Man speaking of a lot of Love for his partner
What? If we had all the time in the world, than it would be acceptable to be shy, and hesitate before your actions. However we do not have all the time in the world, so we must seize the day (Carpe Diem)
Where? Early in relationship
When?
Why? ulterior motive
Is the poem lewd?
is he just trying to convince her to share his bed? does he really mean that he will love her forever?
What is the major theme of each stanza?
Stanza 1
- Had we enough time
- India
- Conversion of Jews (the Jews will never convert)
- impressing her
- compliment and flatters her
- 1.15
- Romantic, but urging
Stanza 2
- Doom- Time
- "Time's wingèd chariot hurrying near" Time is catching up to us.
- soon, we shall be dead and have missed our chance
- reality check
- unlike stanza 1, it is not romantic.
- too aggressive, and trying to be persuasive.
- melancholy
- Deserts vast eternity
- Lost
Stanza 3
- But we do not have time, so...
- present time
- sincere, sweet
- tempo increases
- more determined
- lustful again
Tone: The way the poem makes the reader feel. The mood it creates.
Diction: vocabulary, and syntax
Alliteration: Occurs when initial sounds of a word are repeated in close succession.
Look at alliteration in the three stanzas.
Look at stanza 2, and compare the aliteration to the alliteration in stanzas 1 & 3.
There is very little to no alliteration in stanza 2. why is this?
more aggressive, tone, not as playful of a stanza.
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