Mini Essay: "To His Coy Mistress"

Andrew Marvel's Poem "To His coy Mistress" has the under lying theme of taking advantage of the present, essentially living in the moment. The narrator uses the phrase "Carpie Diem" its translation 'seize the day!' which is evidence of his living in the moment theme. The living in the present theme is linked with sex. "But at my back I always hear Time's winged chariot hurrying near". The lady of the poem realizes that time is not on her side. The male figure of the poem agrees. He has a fear of dying before having sex with her as well. "The grave 's a fine and private place, But none, I think, do there embrace." The male puts a not only a sexual pressure on his mistress, but also a time pressure because they both know they do not have all the time in the world.