Symbolism of "To His Coy Mistress"

In "To His Coy Mistress" there are many different symbols that represent what the speaker wants from him mistress and how he feels about her. The word "coy" means shy, so that makes the reader believe that the speaker's mistress is a shy person. This shyness shows through in the poem and the reader gets the sense that the speaker is trying to convince his mistress to love him. He is trying to tell her that even if she takes a long time to love him it does not matter because his love for her will last forever, "And you should, if you please, refuse till the conversion of the Jews. My vegetable love should grow vaster than empires, and more slow" (9-12). Throughout the poem that speaker uses symbols to show his love for his mistress, "For, lady, you deserve this state, nor would I love at a lower rate." (19-20). Towards the end of the poem he uses symbols of time to show his mistress that there is not much time for her to love him. The last line of the poem emphasises this, "Thus, though we cannot make our sun stand still, yet we will make him run" (45-46).