Topic: Analsys Essay

Type of paper:	Essay
Subject area:	English
Academic level:	College
Style:	APA
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Date submitted:	2008-11-22 00:47:09
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Running Head : Poetry Analysis : To The Virgins , To Make Much of Time
An Analysis of Robert Herrick 's To The Virgins , To Make Much of Time
[Insert Author 's Name]
An Analysis of Robert Herrick 's To The Virgins , To Make Much of Time
In his poem To the Virgins , To Make Much of Time , Robert Herrick focused
on the idea of carpe diem . He speaks to the young people saying that
marriage is best while they are young and he also warned of the
sufferings when they fail to do so . He thinks that virginity is a great
gift that would be a great waste if not given while it is still
desirable . He believes that this priceless gift of virginity can only be
given once and the intended receiver must be the husband , the one whom
the woman is going to marry . Thus , Herrick speaks to the women to go out
and find husbands because people can 't stay young forever . Youth will
pass and all that remains will be the undesirable features that old age
can give , including unbearable loneliness . Herrick decorated the poem
with colorful imagery and personification that every reader can easily
detect a sense of lose their virginity while it is still desirable else face the torment
of being single , old age , and loneliness . His poem is perfectly
encapsulated in the idea of carpe diem .
Herrick started the poem with a personification of the rosebuds as
virgins . All through out the first stanza , he presented the women as
flowers who `` .smiles to-day , tomorrow will be dying ' Like the
flowers , virginity is best at young age , while `` .old time is still
a-flying ' This is how Herrick views virginity . Oftentimes , flowers are
compared to beauty and life but here , he used it to represent something
else and that is virginity . In order to further emphasize this idea , he
used comparison across time . He compared the present and the future -
the youth and old age .
While the first stanza focused on the women , the second stanza is
focused on the men . Herrick is speaking to the women about the men who ,
like them , are best at young age . Here , he compared the men to the sun ,
``the glorious lamp of heaven ' The idea is still the same though . He
compared the present and the future - the youth and old age . There 's a
deeper sense of responsibility here as compared to the first stanza .
In the third stanza , Herrick referred to young age which is best for
both men and women as `` .youth and blood are warmer ' Even in our
personal experiences , we can say there 's nothing like young age . Most
old people also relate how great their youth were as compared to their
present state . Herrick again used comparison between youth and old age .
Finally , in the fourth stanza , Herrick suggests the action which must be
taken by his intended audience : the women . He calls the women not to
avoid people and...

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