"The sooner will his race be run/And nearer he's to setting" implies that life will run its course before one's eyes, at one point reaching death.
In the third stanza, Herrick urges the reader to be active: "That age is best which is the first/When youth and blood are warmer." The ability to be active creates more life; it becomes longer lasting and more enjoyable. He obviously opinionates that youth is the most pleasant time of life, but also creates meaning to our happiness when we are full of energy.
Herrick uses the last four lines to summarize his poem: do not waste your time. For the readers that are still in their youth, Herrick urges them to enjoy their time as adolescents. Herrick advises people in their prime to make the most of their youth that is left; at one point they will become somewhat undesirable in a sexual sense. "Then be not coy, but use your time/And while ye may, go marry" asks the readers to not be shy and use their time wisely in what they enjoy doing most. Doing so will allow a person to live life in the fullest and be happy throughout each day. "For having lose but once your prime/You may forever tarry" looks as if it touches.
a personal matter, in which Herrick is warning the reader on something he experienced as an important aspect in his own lifetime. .
In Robert Herrick's poem, "To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time," carpe diem is the central theme that suggests in making the most of one's youth and life, to seize the day. Many people have found different ways of analyzing this poem, one of which includes the desperate attempt to sleep with a woman. I feel as though the poem creates a more generalized theme, one that applies to everyone's individual life. Herrick uses images, such as a rosebud and the sun, to create a familiar ground in which the reader can relate to Herrick's thoughts. He presents this poem to a somewhat younger audience from an elder's perspective.
