To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time Poem Summary and Analysis | LitCharts
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oses are an ancient symbol of love, sex, and female beauty, and their early appearance here—plus the speaker's specific address to "virgins," women who haven't yet had sex—firmly places this poem in the realm of romance “rose-buds.” Those new buds, emerging in the spring and summer, suggest fresh an