Andrew Marvel's "To His Coy Mistress" has the persuasive power of a late-night newscast. But in this case, the narrator doesn't want money for his "product": he wants a girl's virginity. Computer scientists have an advantage over Marvel. They not only persuade consumers with words, but also with images of their products. Marvell overcomes this obstacle by using descriptive images. He uses, even maximizes, imagery to magnify his power of persuasion. The first stanza opens the poem “If we had enough people and time, / This shyness, Madam, was no crime” (1-2) as if he were a victim of his reserved nature. Here he tries to use reverse psychology to make her think that it's her fault that she didn't sleep with him (against his will). He goes on to say that he would indeed love her "until the conversion of the Jews" (10), if he had time, but the narrator never directly says "forever." Instead, he uses expressions that evoke images of eternity: "ten years before the Flood(8); "An age for every part"(17). His descriptive use of imagery gives the impression that always is an overused word that does not fully sum up the time he has lived. “But” makes the transition from eternity to the present. “Behind my back I always hear. /the winged chariot of Time rushing" (21-22)). first from the lady's timidity and now from death. As death will soon knock at his door, the narrator reminds his mistress of his death inevitable "We will no longer find their beauty, in their marble vault..." (25-66). in the flower of her youth and beauty, but she will soon be “turned to dust” (29)/ This dust and the “deserts of eternity” that lie before them are both used in stark contrast to theirs. mature youth. This stanza appeals to the young girl's immortality and youth. They should both be “like birds of prey in love” which. don't deny their primal instincts. Lover, meaning eortic, is the central word of this excerpt and one of the most subtle descriptive passages in the entire poem. These words seem to have been carefully (and cleverly) chosen to embody the desire he has for this woman; his desire for her to feel the same way (or at least to act on what she feels)).