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    JAHNELLA XYRINE PERITO
    The poem encourages young women, or "virgins", to make the most of their youth and time by gathering rosebuds, or enjoying pleasures, while they can. It notes that youth, beauty, and life are fleeting, like the setting sun, so women should not be shy but instead seize the day and find a husband before losing their prime years. The poet argues that the best time is when one is young, and if that time is wasted then worse times will follow, so women should enjoy themselves and marry while still in their youthful prime.

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    The poem encourages young women, or "virgins", to make the most of their youth and time by gathering rosebuds, or enjoying pleasures, while they can. It notes that youth, beauty, and life are fleeting, like the setting sun, so women should not be shy but instead seize the day and find a husband before losing their prime years. The poet argues that the best time is when one is young, and if that time is wasted then worse times will follow, so women should enjoy themselves and marry while still in their youthful prime.

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    The poem encourages young women, or "virgins", to make the most of their youth and time by gathering rosebuds, or enjoying pleasures, while they can. It notes that youth, beauty, and life are fleeting, like the setting sun, so women should not be shy but instead seize the day and find a husband before losing their prime years. The poet argues that the best time is when one is young, and if that time is wasted then worse times will follow, so women should enjoy themselves and marry while still in their youthful prime.

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    The poem encourages young women, or "virgins", to make the most of their youth and time by gathering rosebuds, or enjoying pleasures, while they can. It notes that youth, beauty, and life are fleeting, like the setting sun, so women should not be shy but instead seize the day and find a husband before losing their prime years. The poet argues that the best time is when one is young, and if that time is wasted then worse times will follow, so women should enjoy themselves and marry while still in their youthful prime.

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    TO THE VIRGINS TO MAKE MUCH OF TIME

    Gather ye rosebuds while you may,


    Old time is still a- flying
    And this same flower that smiles today
    Tomorrow will be dying

    The glorious lamp of heaven, the sun


    The higher he’s a-getting,
    The sooner will his race be run,
    And nearer he’s to setting.

    That age is best which is the first,


    When youth and blood are warmer;
    But being spent, the worse, and worst
    Time still succeed the former.

    Then be not coy, but use your time.


    And while ye may, go marry,
    For having lost once your prime
    You may forever tarry.
    QUESTIONS
    1. Who is being referred to in the poem?
    In “To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time,” a speaker encourages young women to seize the
    day and enjoy their youth—and, more specifically, to have plenty of sex and find a husband
    while they’re young. Youth, the speaker insists, is the best part of life, and it’s all too easy to
    waste one’s limited time by being “coy”—especially in matters of sex.
    The speaker begins by urging listeners (those "virgins" of the title) to gather a familiar image of
    both youth and sex: “rose buds.” Those new buds, emerging in the spring and summer, suggest
    fresh and blooming youth, and they’re an old symbol of love and of the female body.
    2. Why is the poet asking women to be conscious of time?
    No matter whether one heeds his warning or not, the speaker makes sure the reader
    remembers that “Time” is going to continue to fly. It is moving whether one takes advantage of
    it or not. Also, People have often seen "To the Virgins" as a poem that exemplifies carpe diem.
    That's Latin for "seize the day," a phrase meaning "make the most of the time you have." The
    poem is about making the most of one's time, but it's also about the passage of time, and the
    fact that as we get older we change.
    3. Why will time succeed over age?
    When youth and blood are warmer.” It is in the early days of youth a woman is most valuable.
    This is the period of time she should take advantage of. If one does not do as he suggests, the
    time will be “spent, the worse” until time passes by. The beauty of youth will be gone and
    “Time” will have control over one’s later future.
    4. Compare young men with women, physically, emotionally, mentally, and
    psychologically.
    Physical, Men have a stronger grip and run faster than women, with a medium effect size. The
    physical reason is men’s greater muscle mass than women, but social and cultural influences
    also play an important role, Another physical aspect is flexibility, where women do better than
    men with another medium effect size. The next area that meta-analysis covered was
    personality. Women are more emotional than men, less aggressive, and less physically strong.
    5. Do you agree with the poet? How does it apply to you?
    For me NO, In “To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time,” the writer encourages young
    women to seize the day and enjoy their youth—and, more specifically, to have plenty of
    sex and find a husband while they're young. Lastly, relegating women to marriage as the
    only option for happiness and fulfillment, or is he encouraging women to explore their
    sexuality as a means of fulfillment?”

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