"To his coy mistress"

"But at my back I always hear
Time's a winged chariot hurrying near;"


This poem's tone has a sense of urgency. The speaker wishes and desires to have enough time to love his lover slowly, however there is not enough time to do this. The speaker is basically saying "life is short and we need to enjoy it while we can.". Instead of wasting time with people and other things, they need focus on loving each other completely while knowing that they have limited time. Time wont slow down for the two people and the speaker is very aware of this. Therefore a tone of urgency is created in the speaker. To me, the tone of urgency kind of creepily became an urgency to have sex with the woman instead of truly love her. The lover in this poem represents the idea that people cannot just wait to do what they want to do in life. Due to the fact that life is short, every moment needs to be treasured.