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In the poems To His Coy Mistress by Andrew Marvell and To The Virgin To Make Much of Time by Robert Herrick both poems are formulated around the idea of Carpe Diem. Marvel is using his poem to prove a point that youth and love last as long as there is lust for a woman's beauty. Similarly, Herrick's states the same point that woman's love life is at peak when she's still young and beautiful. Both writers express the point to the reader not to waste time in their youth and accept that love best time is in the present moment. Contrasting the poem by Marvell is directed towards his love and Herrick's poem is directed towards all woman. Also, Herrick's tone is informative in why love peak moment is in youth and how if we wait that love will leave

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