Andrew Marvel's "To His Coy Mistress" has the persuasiveness of a late-night commercial. But in this case the narrator doesn't want money for his "product": he wants a girl's virginity. Informals have an advantage over Marvel. They not only convince consumers with words but also with images of their products. Marvell overcomes this obstacle in his use of descriptive imagery. It uses, if not maximizes, images to amplify its persuasiveness. The first stanza opens the poem "If only we had enough world and time, / This shyness, Lady, would not be a crime" (1-2) as if it were a victim of her reserved nature. He tries to use a bit of reverse psychology to make her think that it's her fault that she doesn't have sex with him (against her will). He goes on to say that he would indeed have loved her "until the conversion of the Jews" (10), if there had been enough time, but the narrator never directly says "forever." Instead, he uses phrases that evoke images of eternity: "ten years before the Flood(8); "An age for each part"(17). His descriptive use of imagery makes forever seem like an overused word that doesn't fully encapsulate time in which he lives. would come and wait for her. "But" he makes the transition from eternity to the present, "behind me I always feel / the winged chariot of Time approaching quickly" (21-22)). time of death. With death soon knocking at his door, the narrator reminds his lover of her inevitable death "Their beauty will be found no more, in their marble vault..." (25-). The virginity that his lover is trying to hide at home will be lost if he waits too long. Yes, she is in the prime of her youth and beauty today, but soon she will be "turned to dust." of eternity" that lie before them are used in stark contrast to their mature youth. This stanza appeals to the girl's immortality and youth. Both should be "like loving birds of prey" that. Don't deny their primal instincts. Amorous, meaning eortic, is the key word of this passage and one of the most subtly descriptive passages of the entire poem. These words seem to have been carefully (and cunningly) chosen to embody the lust he has for this woman; his desire for her to feel the same (or at least act on what she feels).).