Alfred Noyes was a British-Welsh poet, playwright and short story writer. He was extremely anti-war and is considered to be a pacifist, which is ironic because of his first wife, the daughter of a U.S Civil War veteran. His wife died in 1926, and after her death Noyes became a born-again Catholic. Noyes turns his wife’s death into an opportunity to explore what seizing the day really entails in his sonnet, “Immortal Sails.” Alfred Noyes uses religious references, natural phenomena, and literary devices to not only show the depth of his love to his lost beloved, but to delve into the meaning of life and the concept of time. A common mode Noyes uses throughout the piece to convey his true emotion is through religious references. “Now, in a