"Seize the day." In To His Coy Mistress, Marvell creates a timeless land of paradise and contrasts it to the harsh realities of the real world. If there were enough time, the speaker would continue on court his mistress forever, but time is disappearing fast, so they must take advantage of the moments they currently have and express their love for one another before death comes to claim them; there is no time to be …showed first 75 words of 487 total…

…showed last 75 words of 487 total…rs cannot command time to “stand still”, time can not have control over their love. “To his coy mistress” explains how time is something that time is short but it can be enjoyable. He warns his mistress that there is no time to be “coy” because life is to short and that death is inevitable. Marvell’s effective literary techniques all help to convey his themes of time and seduction.