That is not what King Henry II had in mind when he gave the ring to Eleanor of Aquitaine. He had in mind love, devotion, and using every moment possible for the best in life. In "We Real Cool," the young pool players are not in fact seizing the day, they are wasting their lives doing exactly what they want to do, rather than doing what will pay them handsomely in the long run. The King and his lady did not shirk their duties, they simply made time to enjoy each other, and that is what seizing the day is really all about.

In "A Late Aubade" the author shows living in the moment from another perspective. He shows the main character of the poem in bed with a lover, and thinks about all the other things that they could be doing instead. He writes, "Think of all the time...
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