Carpe Diem is a style of poetry formulated during the English civil war. Carpe Diem means, "Seize the Day." It describes the passion of society and how their mentality in the fulfillment of their lives. Metaphysical poetry was popularized after this when the people started using science to explain what previous beliefs had based on religion. "Song," "Holy Sonnet 10", and "To His Coy Mistress," all give a different, but clear picture of what metaphysical and Carpe Diem poems are, though not all of them depict both elements.
             Firstly, Holy Sonnet 10 is an excellent presentation of a Carpe Diem and the thought process behind the ideas of it. Holy Sonnet 10 represents a so-called "obsession" with death that the people living in the time frame acquired. They represented their feelings and suppressed lives with their poetry. The lifestyle of a person living during a civil war is an intense day-by-day struggle to live. Every second there is a chance that you will not live to see the next day. This inspired the authors to fill their poems with passion and a spontaneous attitude. Their attitude was not only spontaneous but also fulfilling to their own personal nature. Carpe Diem was the reaction to the general population's lifespan decreasing.
             Secondly, "To His Coy Mistress," is another Carpe Diem poem. It shows the time diminishing in the populous. As most other Carpe Diem poems, "To His Coy Mistress," deals with the fulfillment of one's dreams and the taking over of one's life. This poem relates to a recent movie that was just released, "American Beauty." In the movie, the husband gets sick of sitting around and waiting for his death. So he takes control of his life and does what makes him happy, and with little dismay, he was killed. He died happy and fulfilled, just like what the man in "To His Coy Mistress" is trying to say. He wants to experience the pleasures of life before his time comes and "Worms will get her virginity." Last of ...