"To His Coy Mistress" by Andrew Marvell - Philisophy/Theme

"Thus, though we cannot make our sun/Stand still, yet we will make him run." This poem, on the surface, is about love. However, it turns out to be a lesson about life in general. The speaker discusses how he wants to be able to spend all of eternity loving his lover, but he realizes he can't. Time goes on even if he doesn't want it to. Then, he tries to tell his mistress that they need to speed up their relationship in order for them to love each other more in life. The lesson comes from this. The author is trying to tell his audience that life is short and we need to enjoy it while we can. Like this lover he portrays, we can't wait to do what we want in life. Time won't slow down for us.