"To Coy His Mistress" Poetry Explication

Had we but world enough, and time, (if we were to live forever I'd seduce you) This coyness, lady, were no crime. (Ln 1-2 interruption, comfortable with slowness of time) We would sit down, and think which way To walk, and pass our long love's day. Thou by the Indian Ganges' side (formal and refers to human geography to flatter) Shouldst rubies find: I by the tide Of Humber would complain I would Love you …

…now, like amorous birds of prey, (bold, aggression; stirs up mistress's passion) Rather at once our time devour Than languish in his slow-chapped power, Let us roll all our strength and all (in a hurry) Our sweetness up into one ball, And tear our pleasures with rough strife Thorough the iron gates of life: Thus, though we cannot make our sun Stand still, yet we will make him run. Tone: ribald, lusty, insincere, lighthearted, melancholy