![]() These two poems are pastoral, and this genre first emerged in the 15th and 16th century, they show a perfect distinction between the innocence and effortlessness of rural life, in contrast with the artificiality of city and court life. They adored plays and poetry, meaning that in a way she encouraged sponsorship of the writers and poets of her era so that they were motivated to perform and write. In Elizabethan periods, poetry was a very vital part of the Elizabethan lifestyle. Example her wish is that these qualities to endure the test of time with the Shepherd as her companion, however, this is a promise he does not or is unwilling to abide by CITATION And15 \l 1033 (Andrew). Also, the end of the poem the Nymph states what she needs is something permanent superior to transitory, something that exceeds the cyclic nature of things, "But could youth last and love still breed, / had joys no date nor age no need.Īlthough the Nymphs request seems paradoxical, unrealistic to achieve and impossible like the eternal youth, regenerative love and timeless joy, her real or sincere wish are that she might find true happiness throughout her life. By the time the final stanza arrives, the Nymph seems to have crushed the poor shepherds dreams. ![]() The flowers will wither, and soon it will get cold, therefore became hard for them to hang out with the sheeps in the river. The next three stanzas seal the deal, listings the reasons why the shepherds promise looks too good to be real, "The flowers do fade, and wanton fields, / To wayward winter reckoning yields. If all the world and love were young, /and truth in every Shepherds tongue. Raleighs lyrics starts with a conditional statement that rejects the shepherds proposal, with an argument that the promises were temporal and could not be relied on since things changes. The reply debunks the shepherds fanciful visions, in her argument she states that the shepherd's promises are too limited to material benefits and do not rely upon true commitments and loyalty to her at all. This poem is in response to the shepherds letter, "The Passionate Shepherd to His Love," in the arguments the speaker puts the argumentative front brought forward by Marlowes shepherd and ditches it totally calling the shepherd out on the lack of permanence and short-term nature of the promises, he gave. CITATION Mar17 \l 1033 (Marlowe)"The Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd" By Sir Walter RaleighĪs the title states, this is a reply to someone else or something written. If these delights thy mind may move, then live with me, and be my love. The speaker ends the poem by telling her that if his idea of the gifts thrills her, he promised then she should live with him. He draws on nature imagery in a way that puts emphasizes on her beauty, "A gown made of the finest wool, / which from our pretty Lambs we pull. ![]() In the subsequent stanzas, the shepherd list of beautiful things he with does for her if she decides to live with him. In the first stanza, the speaker speaks of his love and asking her to live with him, Come live with me and be my love. He entreats her to move in with him and that he will treat her like a queen and make her a bed of roses. The Shepherd addresses the women he loves. The song is made of pastoral lyrics that idealize the rural life feeling within the context of personal passion. This poem establishes emotions in and idyllic setting. "The Passionate Shepherd to his love" was composed in Marlowe's young years. Despite, the idea that the modern word has this public sentiment, there are people who have been fantasizing about going back to nature for centuries. The poem is about a shepherd writing to his love with a fantasized of country living with a back to nature emotion. "The Passionate Shepherd to his love" By Christopher Marlowe
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