Carpe Diem In Poetry

According to dictionary.com carpe diem is a latin word meaning “seize the day; enjoy the present, as opposed to placing all hope in the future”(carpe diem - dictionary.com). Carpe diem has been used many times throughout poetry and literature. However, carpe diem was first used “Odes” which was a long series of poems composed by roman poet Horace in 65 BCE (Carpe Diem: Poems for Making the Most of Time, par. 3).
As mentioned before, carpe diem has been used throughout many different types of literature. Two prime examples are “To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time” by Robert Herrick and “To His Coy Mistress” by Andrew Marvell. Both poems focus on the sole idea of living life to the fullest, as well as being able to enjoy it. This is shown through many different lines in both poems. In “To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time” Herrick talks about enjoying life as you can, because life goes by faster than you may realize: “Gather ye rosebuds while ye may,/Old time is still a-flying”(lines 1-2). Herrick also focuses on telling women that the best age to get married is when they are young and beautiful: “And this same flower that smiles today/Tomorrow will be dying”(lines 3-4) In “To His Coy Mistress” Marvell gives his opinion that the

In Dead Poets Society there are two major conflicts. The first conflict that is brought to attention is when Neil 's father tells Neil to drop his electives for acting towards the beginning of the movie. The conflict did become noticeable until Neil and his classmates learned the meaning of carpe diem. Mr. Keating taught his class the meaning of carpe diem by the glass windows when he was showing his classmates pictures of the previous classes. Mr. Keating even incorporated the first few lines of “To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time”. The two conflicts developed as the movie