crypts. The reader cannot help but feel the difference as he or she reads it.Another mood shift occurs as the poem shifts away from the gloom of death and into talk of the sun and more pleasant things. The closing paragraph again returns to the present and begins presenting the possibilities of a happy life together rather than one spent alone waiting. More imagery is used in the closing line Thus, though we cannot make our sun / Stand still, yet we will make him run (Marvell 45-6). This is a reference to the shortness of life and how the speaker wants to spend his short time on Earth in happiness with his lover. The phrase time flies when youre having fun is an easy way to translate this line as the sun races across the sky. The reader is left with hope for the author that perhaps his lover will read and understand his wishes, and that she will share them.The rhythm and rhyme of the poem also maintain throughout the reading without much confusion. This helps to simplify the reading for an audience such as a college student. The mood swings from happy to sad and back to happy again demonstrate the power of the pen in admirable fashion. Most importantly, this poem makes the reader grasp one of the most significant parts of poetry: that one short page can communicate vast emotions and information to the reader. It is for these reasons that this is poem would be a fine addition to any introductory English college textbook....
