In Andrew Marvel’s “To His Coy Mistress,” figurative language ultimately reveals the author’s tone and mood. The poem deals with a man trying to sway a woman, who he is very fond of, to make love to him. He begins the poem in a more or less passionate and delicate tone, and later shifts that feeling towards carpe diem; “…While the youthful hue sits on thy skin like a mourning dew…” The narrator is clearly implying that the woman’s beauty is like dew; in that, it is temporary. He claims that she should seize the day and loose her virginity to him right away so that Time will not diminish the “love” that they currently have. Figurative language, therefore, reveals many other messages and tones within a poem.
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