Shamim Ahmed posted an Question
July 16, 2020 • 19:06 pm 30 points
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What is a carpe diem stanza ? can you plz share any carpe diem stanza ?

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    Deb dulal halder Halder

    CARPE DIEM is one of the greatest theme of Metaphysical poetry which means "Make merry, while the sun shines." Donne have used it in his poems and Andrew marvell in his "to his coy mistress ..." makes a very great rendition of the idea.

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    can we say that Carpe Diem gave a sense of happiness and optimism in poetry?

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    Yes. it did. moreover, it asked individuals to make choices, the Renaissance humanistic attitude, rather than being pre-destined to do something

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    Carpe diem, in latin, it is called "pluck the day” or “seize the day”). this phrase used by the Roman poet Horace to express the idea that one should enjoy life while one can. it was a particular preoccupation of poets during the 16th and 17th centuries. among the cavalier poets, Robert herrick expressed a sharp sense of carpe diem in the first stanza of “To the Virgins, to Make Much time. the earliest known uses of carpe diem in print in English date to the early 19th century. Robert frost took on the subject with his poem “Carpe Diem,” first published in 1938. In it children are encouraged by a figure called Age to “‘Be happy, happy, happy / And seize the day of pleasure.’” 

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