Had We But World Enough, And Time.

In To His Coy Mistress, Andrew Marvell's narrator suggests the importance of seizing the moment over monotonous manners. Specifically, the line "Had we but world enough, and time" illustrates the significance of Carpe Diem. Marvell poignantly depicts an eternal love in order to juxtapose a woman's ideal with more realistic truth. Moreover, 'but' re-emphasizes the narrator's belief into succumbing to one's own desires rather than shunning honest emotion in favor of idealistic standards. Evidently, Marvell suggests that people take advantage of love for life and time always fade away quicker than expected. Consequently, the narrator's persuasive tone in the first paragraph excels because he establishes an illusion of false hope. In the end, however, the narrator demands true love, including physical.