Coy Mistress and To the Virgins

Both of these poems focus on time and the idea of taking advantage of the present. Both authors emphasize living in the moment and not waiting until time passes, because it might be too late by then. The two poems are different because in His Coy Mistress, Marvell uses tonal shifts to change from persuasive to more hostile. But in To the Virgins, Herrick uses much more concise and straightforward with his language. He gets more to the point, but still manages to use metaphors, personification, and other literary devises.