To The Virgins, To make much of time

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English

 

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Helen M

 

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February 4, 2015

 

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He also communicates the poignant sadness of the pursuit of pleasures as "old Time is still a-flying." Herrick uses the image of the rose in the first stanza in two traditional ways: as the symbol of beauty and of the transitory nature of life. Like the rosebuds, the virgins to whom the speaker in Herrick's poem addresses his words have not yet flowered...
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With this analogy, he suggests that if they give up their virginity, they will blossom into lovely roses. When he notes that the flowers "tomorrow will be dying," he reinforces his argument to his listeners that they must "make much of time" by experiencing pleasure before the opportunity passes. Whereas the unavoidability of death is revealed in an almost gentle image of "old time ...
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