Imagery and Figurative Language

Imagery and figurative language are used in poetry to help the audience further understand the meaning of a poem. Once a readers senses are activated he or she becomes more engaged in the reading and thus is able to understand its point more clearly. In To the Virgins, "To-morrow will be dying" is an image of a day dying, which is used to support the theme of carpe diem, showing that time is young and it needs to be taken advantage of.