"To His Coy Mistress" (Theme)

This poem's theme is about grabbing hold of the here and now and enjoying it, which is Carpe Diem. The man who is speaking this poem, persona, is making it clear that he loves this woman and he wants to be with her but they are only getting older and the window of time is only going to get shorter. "Now let us sport while we may; And now, like amorous birds of prey, Rather at once our time devour Than languish in slow-chapped power" Marvell (784).