hat if it wasn't, his method of seduction would be different. By firstly shifting to the present tense, which creates a sense of immediacy, he then uses more stylistic devices to convey the sense of urgency that is necessary when he is discussing the lack of time that the couple possess. For example, he firstly describes the 'winged chariot' that is 'hurrying near.' The winged chariot metaphor gives the reader connotations of a fast and furious speed, which is then opposed with the 'Deserts of vast eternity' – which gives an atmosphere of a slow, fruitless future.
             Marvell then has a pronoun switch, which draws the woman directly into the argument and enhances the sense of intimacy, with the intimate form of 'you' - 'thy.' Marvell then uses grim but humorous imagery to demonstrate how lust will inevitably die, and the consequence of there being no lust in death.
             "Thy beauty shall no more be found;
             There is a grim, dark humour present, not only with the imagery of the worms, but also
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