Second, Marvell relays the theme of “Carpe Diem” with the use of metaphor within his poem. For instance, in the second stanza it states, “And yonder all before us lie deserts of vast eternity” (Marvell 23-24) over the span of one couplet. Undoubtedly, the line “Deserts of vast eternity” has strong implications in regards to the concept of lifeless, vast emptiness of life after death. Within this couplet, the writer states to his mistress that the only thing that waits for them after death is an eternity of nothingness. Correspondingly, the writer expounds upon this dark, morbid theme later in the second stanza when he states, “And into ashes all my lust” (Marvell 30). Indeed, the writer means to convey to his mistress that if she refuses to
