To His Coy Mistress

study Sonnet 116 by William Shakespeare and Elizabeth Barrett’s poem: Sonnet 43. William Shakespeare was an English poet during the Elizabethan era and was regarded as one of the greatest English poet of all times. Shakespeare’s Sonnet 116 is one of his most famous, yet poignant sonnets that had been written. The main poem explores on the theme of love, religion nature; love being the central aspect, but the poet does not address the poem to any speaker, rather it explores on the reasoning of…

transported in time. Here I stood, the only living person for miles in any direction. The fields were littered with the dead and the dying. It was the aftermath of the battle in WWI. There, near me was a dying soldier and he beckoned me to come closer. As his last, dying wish, and he recited a poem to me and promptly died. Before dying, however he handed me a pocket watch and the depth and meaning of the poem dawned on me at last. The poem told about seizing the day and not wasting any time.…

The Carpe Diem poetry was largely known for the theme of “seizing the day,” covering a number of issues in society. More importantly, the technique often described the sexual activities and urgency for people to use their opportunities. At that time, society often nurtured modesty and the conservative nature that was against extra-marital sexual activities. The exposure and the explicit content in the poems were not that common, even the deeper meaning discussed, revealing the sexual deeds. In…