#7

The author's choice of wording coincides with his or her meaning of of the poem. The tone and mood is affected by the carefully chosen words. Diction is an important factor in helping the reader notice the tonal shifts in the poem To His Coy Mistress by Andrew Marvell. First the tone is conditional and words like "vegetable" slow down the pace and accentuates the word "love" that follows it. The tone shifts to pivotal as the author emphasizes time. Words such as "eternity" and "honour turned to dust" are crucial to the overall tone of the stanza. The final stanza has an extreme sense of urgency. The author is becoming angry and uses violent words like "birds of prey" and "power" but also nice words like "sweetness" and "morning dew." This contradiction is the tone of words is a reflection of the authors urgency and all his emotions building up.