In To the Virgins, Spend a Lot of Time on the poet and cleric, Robert Herrick uses a strong poetic structure, many literary devices, and lessons to drive this point home. He talks about shy virgins and advises them to take advantage of the opportunities they may have. Young people may think they have a long life ahead of them, and all the time in the world, but time waits for no man. Death is always at the door and when it knocks you have no choice but to open it. Life is short, if one wastes it they will never get it back. Each individual must ask himself whether he can use the time allotted to him correctly and whether he cannot,