Theme for "To His Coy Mistress"

The theme for this poem is angled toward "Carpe Diem" which means to seize the day. Throughout this love poem the narrator is trying to convince his love interest that they are young but time will not wait for them. He uses sentences such as "But at my back I always hear times winged chariot hurrying near", and Now let us sport us while we may" and "Now therefore, while the youthful hue sits on they skin like morning glew". He is trying to tell his lover that they must "tear our pleasures with rough strife through the iron gates of life.". He is stating to her that although his love for her will endure forever that time does not stand still for them and they must hurry to seal their love forever.