'Carpe diem' is a Latin phrase meaning 'seize the day,' famously echoed in Renaissance and 17th-century poetry. Works by Marvell and Herrick use this theme, urging a lady to embrace the present due to the fleeting nature of time.
'Carpe diem,' meaning 'seize the day,' is a theme found in works by Horace and Renaissance poets like Marvell and Herrick. These poets used the idea of passing time to persuade ladies to yield to romantic advances.
Front | carpe diem |
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Back | seize the day Horace and devotional poetry of Renaissance and 17th classic expression of it include Marvell's to his coy mistress, Robert Herrick Ye Rose Buds While Ye May, both of which cite the regency of passing time to dissuade a lady from chastity |
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