The two poems ”Why So Pale and Wan, Fond Lover?” by Sir John Suckling, and “To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time” by Robert Herrick, have some similarities and differences. Suckling’s poem is about a man who is being questioned about being so love sick. He is asked by an unknown person how being love sick is going to benefit anyone. It can be understood that this poem is stating that if he does not become open about loving someone, he will never benefit. Therefore, he needs to quit looking so sad and tell her because the worst that can happen is that she does not feel the same. In Herrick’s poem, it can be understood that he is speaking to virgins. He is telling them that life is short. They need to make the best of life and get married because
