Elizabethan Poetry Journal

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…was even more common to die at 50 instead of 80 like it is today. He repeatedly brought up time as the key reason to act now because back then people did not live that long do to illness, and inadequate medical care. However this poem Does not only have to apply to virginity. There are many other things that apply to Carpe Diem. However the speaker was more likely just trying to get in her pants.