"To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time" is a carpe diem poem. The speaker urges his audience (virgins) to "seize the day" before it's too late. How does the speaker develop his argument? Briefly paraphrase the poem.
In this poem, the speaker urges the virgins not to play games, but rather marry and live their lives. He warns that life is short and they will not be young and beautiful forever. The speaker implies that if they wait too long, then they will never marry and be miserable for the rest of their lives. I think that the speaker develops his argument by using imagery. He gives the virgins a picture of how good life is now, and then contrasts it with images of what they will be like when they are old. This is very effective in proving to the virgins that they should not wait, because it probably even scared them a little. In that day, if young women did not marry, then they had no future. So, the speaker has a very good argument.
As annamac mentioned, Robert Herrick's "To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time" urges young virgins to go marry now because life is short. The youth of these women will be gone soon, so they must act now. The speaker develops his argument by using symbols. In the first line of the poem, the speaker says to gather the "rose-buds" now. These rose-buds symbolize the young age of the girls, so they must seize this opportunity. The speaker goes on to say that tomorrow "this same flower... will be dying." This dying flower symbolizes that the youth of these girls will be gone extremely fast. If they do not act now, they may "for every tarry," meaning the girls will be waiting for marriage until death.
The speaker urges virgins to move on with their lives by arguing several key points. The first point is that life is short. Time is not forever, and the lives that the virgins feel would last forever will eventually end. The images of rose buds, the setting sun, and elderly people emphasize this point. The last stanza finishes the speaker's argument that if virgins do not continue on into marriage, they will be doomed to live forever alone.
The speaker of this poem develops his argument through artistic images of the virgins in years to come if they do not "sieze the day". He uses these images to show the virgins how their lives are now will not last. He goes futher to imply that they are not going to be young forever and their lives are slipping through their fingers. To try and persuade them into marriage, the speaker uses scare tactic of the image of them becoming old maids if they do not act soon. He urges them that life is short and their peak of beauty will not last forever so they need to go forth and take a husband soon.
The speaker in "To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time," urges his audience, the virgins, to go ahead and marry because their lives are short and if they wait too long, then they will become old maids. Their looks, beauty, and youthfulness will go away as time goes on. So therefore they should not wait to marry. I agree with ck in that the speaker develops his argument through the use of symbols, specifically the symbol of the rose. The rose symbolizes the virgin's youthfulness and beauty. But roses eventually wither away and die, and so will the virgin's youthfulness and beauty. So therefore they need to marry soon and not waste their lives.
In "To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time," the speaker is urging young women to hurry and marry before it is too late. He is giving the audience of examples in life that where a person is able to do a task while they are young but will no longer have the abillity to do so when she is older. He is telling them to go ahead and marry so that they can live a full and eventful life because each day that is wasted will never come back and will be another day that they are getting older. The speaker uses a fear tactic of rationalizing with the audience to see taht if they do not act quickly then life will pass them by and they will have an uninteresting life. Fear tactics are sometimes questionable to use but in this case is a strong support to his argument. This peom can apply to everyone, not only young women with involving marraige. People should not wait on opportunity because when they miss it, they may never have it again.
In "To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time", the speaker explains to the virgins how important finding love during the youth years is. He tells them to make the most of the present time, because time flies by at a rapid pace. If they wait too long, they will become unattractive to the men. The speaker develops his argument through imagery. He uses the image of a beautiful flower withering over time to explain how beauty is. He also uses the image of the sun rising and setting to prove how fast time flies.
In this poem, the speaker is warning the virgins to hurry and move on with their lives before it is too late. All of his stanzas begin with happy cheerful images of youthfulness with marriage, and then brings in harsh sad images to show them how life would be if they waited. He is basically telling the virgins that if they tried to stay this way forever, then they will be miserable. The deathly images are used as scare tactics on the virgins. The uses of this prove effective because no woman, no matter who they are, wants to grow up old and alone.
In, "To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time", the speaker discusses to the women of the poem to go ahead and be wed to another male. The speaker explains that as time withers away, so will their looks. He uses the symbol of a rose to show how a young rose is beautiful and elegant, just like the women are now. But as time flees, the roses will wilt and die, just like these women will in the future, The speaker is encouraging the virgins to be married as soon as possible.
The summary of the poem is basically this: you virgins who are doing nothing, go out and do things in your prime for sooner or later you will no longer be in your prime and time will be gone. He developed his argument by pointing out that the sun is constanly moving and it is about to go down on this prime of yours, so make good use of it. For when that sun reaches the ground and day turns to night the misses are no longer attractive and their time is up. He wants those virgins to seize the day for no one else will do it for them.
In the poem "To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time", the speaker of the story wants virgins to stop playing around. If the virgins do not marry now, their future may be forever ruined. In this case, several images are used to help to speaker enforce this issue upon women. For example, a roes pedal is used to show how beautiful it can be. However, in time, the pedal will also grow old and wrinkled. Therefor, in the virgins' cases, they must not waste their time because men will lose interest in the women. If women get married now, they would not have to worry about this issue presented.
The speaker in Robert Herrick's "To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time" develops his argument by discussing the fact that life is very short, and the days of youth even more so. Straying from its literal sense, the word "virgins" may be referring to youth in general. To an extent, the young are innocent and are therefore virgins; they have not yet come to fully realize and comprehend the darkness of the world, but look at most aspects of life with a rather optimistic attitude. Of course, this is not the case with every person, but we are speaking in a general sense. The speaker in this poem is urging the youth to take advantage of these days of freedom and happiness and to enjoy them while they last; they should not have to carry the burdens and responsibilities of adult life which heavily involve the world as it really is: corrupt and, in reality, quite depressing.
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In this poem, the speaker urges the virgins not to play games, but rather marry and live their lives. He warns that life is short and they will not be young and beautiful forever. The speaker implies that if they wait too long, then they will never marry and be miserable for the rest of their lives. I think that the speaker develops his argument by using imagery. He gives the virgins a picture of how good life is now, and then contrasts it with images of what they will be like when they are old. This is very effective in proving to the virgins that they should not wait, because it probably even scared them a little. In that day, if young women did not marry, then they had no future. So, the speaker has a very good argument.
As annamac mentioned, Robert Herrick's "To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time" urges young virgins to go marry now because life is short. The youth of these women will be gone soon, so they must act now. The speaker develops his argument by using symbols. In the first line of the poem, the speaker says to gather the "rose-buds" now. These rose-buds symbolize the young age of the girls, so they must seize this opportunity. The speaker goes on to say that tomorrow "this same flower... will be dying." This dying flower symbolizes that the youth of these girls will be gone extremely fast. If they do not act now, they may "for every tarry," meaning the girls will be waiting for marriage until death.
The speaker urges virgins to move on with their lives by arguing several key points. The first point is that life is short. Time is not forever, and the lives that the virgins feel would last forever will eventually end. The images of rose buds, the setting sun, and elderly people emphasize this point. The last stanza finishes the speaker's argument that if virgins do not continue on into marriage, they will be doomed to live forever alone.
The speaker of this poem develops his argument through artistic images of the virgins in years to come if they do not "sieze the day". He uses these images to show the virgins how their lives are now will not last. He goes futher to imply that they are not going to be young forever and their lives are slipping through their fingers. To try and persuade them into marriage, the speaker uses scare tactic of the image of them becoming old maids if they do not act soon. He urges them that life is short and their peak of beauty will not last forever so they need to go forth and take a husband soon.
The speaker in "To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time," urges his audience, the virgins, to go ahead and marry because their lives are short and if they wait too long, then they will become old maids. Their looks, beauty, and youthfulness will go away as time goes on. So therefore they should not wait to marry. I agree with ck in that the speaker develops his argument through the use of symbols, specifically the symbol of the rose. The rose symbolizes the virgin's youthfulness and beauty. But roses eventually wither away and die, and so will the virgin's youthfulness and beauty. So therefore they need to marry soon and not waste their lives.
In "To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time," the speaker is urging young women to hurry and marry before it is too late. He is giving the audience of examples in life that where a person is able to do a task while they are young but will no longer have the abillity to do so when she is older. He is telling them to go ahead and marry so that they can live a full and eventful life because each day that is wasted will never come back and will be another day that they are getting older. The speaker uses a fear tactic of rationalizing with the audience to see taht if they do not act quickly then life will pass them by and they will have an uninteresting life. Fear tactics are sometimes questionable to use but in this case is a strong support to his argument. This peom can apply to everyone, not only young women with involving marraige. People should not wait on opportunity because when they miss it, they may never have it again.
In "To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time", the speaker explains to the virgins how important finding love during the youth years is. He tells them to make the most of the present time, because time flies by at a rapid pace. If they wait too long, they will become unattractive to the men. The speaker develops his argument through imagery. He uses the image of a beautiful flower withering over time to explain how beauty is. He also uses the image of the sun rising and setting to prove how fast time flies.
In this poem, the speaker is warning the virgins to hurry and move on with their lives before it is too late. All of his stanzas begin with happy cheerful images of youthfulness with marriage, and then brings in harsh sad images to show them how life would be if they waited. He is basically telling the virgins that if they tried to stay this way forever, then they will be miserable. The deathly images are used as scare tactics on the virgins. The uses of this prove effective because no woman, no matter who they are, wants to grow up old and alone.
In, "To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time", the speaker discusses to the women of the poem to go ahead and be wed to another male. The speaker explains that as time withers away, so will their looks. He uses the symbol of a rose to show how a young rose is beautiful and elegant, just like the women are now. But as time flees, the roses will wilt and die, just like these women will in the future, The speaker is encouraging the virgins to be married as soon as possible.
The summary of the poem is basically this: you virgins who are doing nothing, go out and do things in your prime for sooner or later you will no longer be in your prime and time will be gone. He developed his argument by pointing out that the sun is constanly moving and it is about to go down on this prime of yours, so make good use of it. For when that sun reaches the ground and day turns to night the misses are no longer attractive and their time is up. He wants those virgins to seize the day for no one else will do it for them.
In the poem "To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time", the speaker of the story wants virgins to stop playing around. If the virgins do not marry now, their future may be forever ruined. In this case, several images are used to help to speaker enforce this issue upon women. For example, a roes pedal is used to show how beautiful it can be. However, in time, the pedal will also grow old and wrinkled. Therefor, in the virgins' cases, they must not waste their time because men will lose interest in the women. If women get married now, they would not have to worry about this issue presented.
The speaker in Robert Herrick's "To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time" develops his argument by discussing the fact that life is very short, and the days of youth even more so. Straying from its literal sense, the word "virgins" may be referring to youth in general. To an extent, the young are innocent and are therefore virgins; they have not yet come to fully realize and comprehend the darkness of the world, but look at most aspects of life with a rather optimistic attitude. Of course, this is not the case with every person, but we are speaking in a general sense. The speaker in this poem is urging the youth to take advantage of these days of freedom and happiness and to enjoy them while they last; they should not have to carry the burdens and responsibilities of adult life which heavily involve the world as it really is: corrupt and, in reality, quite depressing.
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