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A Comparison Between A Coy Mistress and To The Virgins ====================================================== Both Andrew Marvell and Robert Herrick who are writing in the 17th Century which was in the Romantic period and both poems are about love. This comparison ties both poems closely together as well as their identical themes of time running out. Herrick’s poem â€Å"To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time† is essentially a general argument that everyone who has not yet found love should make the most of the short time they have alive and marry someone as soon as possible. The idea of Marvell’s poem is to get his mistress into bed with him. This means that there will be a contrast at points of the poem where some conclusion is†¦show more content†¦By this Herrick is saying that while the virgins are still growing up and getting to their peak of adulthood, they will very soon start to get old and then when time has completely run out, they will face an eternal darkness which is death. These first two verses are very similar to Marvell’s poem in that they both develop an argument through similes to their real point that love should come as quickly and early as possible before time gets the upper hand. Herrick’s conclusion then ensures that the reader fully understands his point which is to get married while still young and while time is still available instead of waiting until you are past your prime and nearing the end of time. This has a very direct comparison with Marvell’s poem who also gives a logical conclusion at the end which ensures that the audience completely understands and then tells them that there is no other choice than to do what they say. In Marvell’s poem, his first metaphor is that while his girlfriend is by the Indian Ganges surrounded by luxury and finding rubies, he will be by the Humber (river in Northern England) complaining. 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