The beginning of "To His Coy Mistress" contains words that are meant to slow the reader down, such as ve-ge-ta-ble. The reader must really take the time to sound out Marvell's argument at first, as if he is just "warming up" and the real meat of his argument comes in the second stanza. As the pace gets faster, the poem's content gets more heated and, in my opinion, offensive and aggressive. Marvell not only uses words to alter the reader's pace, but also to belittle the mistress's integrity and honor... not the best way to get a woman into bed, I have to say.
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