INTRO- To An Athlete Dying Young," "To His Coy Mistress

Time is an idea explored by a number of writers in various works.. One sees this in both Housman and Marvell's poems. Embracing the present is a major theme in "To An Athlete Dying Young" and "To His Coy Mistress." In both poems the present is glorified while the future is acknowledged as relativeley doomed. These poems share this major thematic similarity as well as other more basic features such as poetic form. However, it is interesting to note that the actual subject matter of these poems differ greatly. Nevertheless, both trumpet seizing the day and celebrating the present before it's too late.