He also expresses how he would adore his mistress slowly and with reverence He says Had we but world enough and time This coyness lady were no crime Here the poet sets up the initial condition of infinite time and suggests that her coyness would not be an issue if they had much time The Second Premise Contrasting the ideal the poem's second part introduces the stark reality time is fleeting Marvell shifts from the hypothetical to the actual Here he emphasizes the brevity of life and the inevitability of death He writes But at my back I always hear Time s winged chariot hurrying near This vivid imagery conveys the relentless passage of time and reminds both the speaker and the mistress that their time is finite This transition from the ideal to the real serves as the second premise The Urgent Conclusion In the final section the poet concludes urging his mistress to embrace the present moment This call to action is the logical result of the preceding premises The speaker passionately declares Now let us sport us while we may And now like amorous birds of prey This urgency to seize the day carpe diem highlights the poem's central argument they must act on their desires now in the face of fleeting time The poem's structure in termination mirrors a syllogism by presenting a coherent and persuasive argument Andrew Marvell begins with a hypothetical scenario infinite time moves to reality limited time and concludes with an imperative seize the day