CARPE DIEM-what is this ?

Answer 1

Seize the day.

Carpe diem is a Latin phrase literally meaning "pluck the day" but usually translated as "seize the day". It is often adopted (or at least quoted) as a personal motto. The term is also used in several navies as an expression of goodwill.

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Use in poetry
The origin of the phrase is usually attributed to the Roman poet Horace; his Odes I, 11.8-9 (65–8 BC) reads:

Dum loquimur fugerit invida aetas. Carpe diem quam minimum credula postero.
(As we speak, jealous Time flees. Pluck the day, believing as little as possible in the next.)
It is quoted accordingly either as a demand not to waste somebody's time with useless things, or as a justification for pleasure and joy of life with little fear for the future.

This idea was popular in 16th and 17th-century English poetry, for example in Robert Herrick's To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time, which begins "Gather ye rosebuds while ye may". [1] It is interesting to note that the following Chinese couplet attributed to a certain poetess in Tang Dynasty, which have entered the realm of proverbs, strikingly resemble Herrick's line:

(Pluck the flower when it has blossomed; don't wait until there are no flowers with only branches to break.)

Another of Herrick's poems, His Age [2] includes the lines:

Ah Posthumus! Our years hence fly,
And leave no sound; nor piety,
Or prayers, or vow
Can keep the wrinkle from the brow -
And:

A merry mind
Looks forward, scorns what's left behind;
Let's live, my Wickes, then, while we may
An here enjoy our holiday.
This theme is also recalled in the verses of English Victorian poet Tennyson, and in Andrew Marvell's famous To His Coy Mistress.

A song in William Shakespeare's play Twelfth Night has been referred to as "Carpe Diem", although the phrase itself is not mentioned in it:

O MISTRESS mine, where are you roaming?
O stay and hear! your true-love's coming
That can sing both high and low;
Trip no further, pretty sweeting,
Journeys end in lovers meeting -
Every wise man's son doth know.
What is love? 'tis not hereafter;
Present mirth hath present laughter;
What's to come is still unsure:
In delay there lies no plenty, -
Then come kiss me, Sweet-and-twenty,
Youth's a stuff will not endure.
The word phrase carpe diem is also used to denote the theme of Christopher Marlowe's The Passionate Shepherd to His Love.

In a modern poem, entitled "You Would" by A. Kefalas, the phrase is used in reference to seizing the day. It states, "Carpe diem, damnit."

Answer 2

It's a latin saying translated as Seize the day. It means do not let opportunities pass you by. Take advantage of all life has to offer without procratinating.

Answer 3

Literally, Seize the day. The idea is to take the pleasures that are offered to you today while you have the chance. They might not be available tomorrow.

Answer 4

It's Latin for Seize the Day! It is also a favorite name for fishing boats, yachts, etc. It seems to be a rallying cry for a new generation of retirees.

Answer 5

You been watching the Dead Poet's Society?

It Means "Pluck the day" Or Seize the day"

Answer 6

seize the day

I know it from the movie Dead Poets Society

Answer 7

Seize the day.

Answer 8

Means 'sieze the day' - a call to action

Answer 9

That's Latin for "seize the day"

Answer 10

sieze the day