What is the theme of "A Red, Red Rose" by Robert Burns?

While the
overriding theme is Love in 's ","
there is another theme suggested even in the title:
Time.

A rose that is very red is at its fullest and will shortly die. The

first two lines suggest the temporal nature of love:

O my
Luves like a red, red rose,
Thats newly sprung in
June: 

However, Burns makes a
distinction in his verses: When the "Luve" is a person
in this poem, the life
is limited, just as is that of a rose; however, whenever "Luve"
is mentioned
relative to emotions, there are images in the poem suggesting that time is
unable
to affect the life of the love:

Till a the seas gang dry,
my Dear,
And the rocks melt wi
the sun:
O I will luve thee still, my Dear,

While the
sands o life shall run.

Because of

this distinction in the meaning of the speaker's declaration of his love, the emotion
and life
of this love is afforded more depth and intensity. And, thus, the
last lines suggest both the
temporality and the eternity of love. Clearly,
Robert Burns's poem strives to find a compromise
between the temporary and
the eternal nature of love.