seduce his coy mistress He says that time moves very fast and if they wait too long they will lose the chance to enjoy love So he proposes that they should enjoy love now while they are young and full of energy Here is how he talks about time and death uses this theory in this poem First Part If We Had Time At the beginning Marvell says that if they had so much time he would wait forever to love her slowly and gently He would spend a hundred years praising her eyes An hundred years should go to praise Thine eyes Moreover he would spend two hundred years to adore each of her breasts and thousands of years for each part of her body He also says that his vegetable-like love would grow slowly and vaster than empires The speaker assures that his lovely lady deserves this kind of admiration But this is only possible if they had unlimited time Second Part Time is Running Fast Then Marvell changes his tone He reminds her that time is passing quickly He says he always hears Time s wing d chariot hurrying near This is a metaphor conceit It means time is chasing them like a fast chariot Death is coming closer every minute When they die her beauty will be gone She will be in a grave where nobody can love or kiss her He says The grave s a fine and private place But none I think do there embrace This shows that they should not wait too long Love is not possible after death Third Part Enjoy Love Now In the last part of the poem Marvell gives his final message They should love each other now while they are still young and full of energy He says they should enjoy loving each other with full energy like amorous birds He says Now let us sport us while we may Here sport refers to loving each other with full energy Moreover Marvell says that though they cannot stop the sun they can make time run faster by loving each other with full passion This means that they can enjoy life so fully that it will feel like time is passing happily and faster for them This is the full spirit of Carpe Diem To wrap up Marvell s To His Coy Mistress is a perfect example of the Carpe Diem theory He tells his coy mistress that life is short time is fast and death is near So they should not waste their youth They should enjoy love now before it is too late Through clever metaphors and strong feelings Marvell shows that we must seize the day and live fully in the present moment