The poet of "To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time" uses personification to bring the world to life and to create a lively and immediate tone in the poem. In fact, he personifies all of the following except time. "To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time" is a poem written by English Cavalier poet Robert Herrick in the 17th century. The poem is in the genre of carpe diem, Latin for seizing the day.
