To His Coy Mistress

And yonder all before us lie
Deserts of vast eternity

This line is signifigant because of the helplessness it conveys. This line drags the reader down into the vast nothingness that is time. This is the mood-setter of the second stanza and truly marks the change in direction the poem takes. Marvell also incorporates a semblence of sibilance which helps the line flow and creates a wondering and lost effect. The most clever portion being the inclusion of the word us. This us not only plays into the slight sibiliance but also plants an innocent and tiny seed in the mind of the coy mistress. Deserts also play into the sibiliance while bringing up the helpless feeling meant to be conveyed by the this line.