Describe symbolism in To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time by Robert Herrick

The image of roses suggests a number of things: roses symbolize sensuality and the fulfillment of earthly pleasures; as vegetation, they are tied to the cycles of nature and represent change and the transience of life.

The setting of the sun is a foreboding image that lends dark undertones to the poem: it is a traditional symbol of death.