Zedina Martin
Dr. Adair
English 201
8 March 2018
When there is love anything is possible, not! The poem “The Passionate Shepherd to his love” is a pastoral and romantic poem by Christopher Marlowe that has a focus on the Shepherd’s love. The speaker of the poem is the Shepherd. The poem “The Nymph’s Reply to the Shepherd” is a poem by Sir Walter Raleigh in response to Marlowe’s poem. A Nymph is the speaker of the poem. Raleigh’s poem is a direct mockery of Marlowe’s poem and all the claims and promises he makes in it. The two poems have a focus on the themes of nature, time, love, and life. Raleigh’s poem “The Nymph’s Reply to the Shepherd” contradicts and/or challenges Marlowe’s view on each of the themes. In the poem “The Passionate Shepherd to his love,” it starts off with the line “Come live with me and be my love” (1). The Shepherd starting the poem off this way sets the tone for what he wants which is a lover. In the line, he doesn’t propose marriage, which means he likely doesn’t want the commitment. Since he doesn’t ask for marriage or a relationship it can be assumed he wants physical pleasure. The next line of the poem he explores the idea of experimenting with all the pleasures that he and his love could experience. In Raleigh’s poem “The Nymph’s Reply to the Shepherd,” the Nymph starts the first stanza off …show more content…
The Shepherd repeats this phrase as the last proposal to his love. The Shepherd started off giving her a preview of the scenery, and then he explored what he envisioned they could do together. He proceeded to promise her materialistic items in hopes of driving his point home of wanting her to join him. This part of the stanza brings back the theme of love. In the line before his repetition, he gives his love an option so as not to force her to do something she doesn’t want to
Dr. Adair
English 201
8 March 2018
When there is love anything is possible, not! The poem “The Passionate Shepherd to his love” is a pastoral and romantic poem by Christopher Marlowe that has a focus on the Shepherd’s love. The speaker of the poem is the Shepherd. The poem “The Nymph’s Reply to the Shepherd” is a poem by Sir Walter Raleigh in response to Marlowe’s poem. A Nymph is the speaker of the poem. Raleigh’s poem is a direct mockery of Marlowe’s poem and all the claims and promises he makes in it. The two poems have a focus on the themes of nature, time, love, and life. Raleigh’s poem “The Nymph’s Reply to the Shepherd” contradicts and/or challenges Marlowe’s view on each of the themes. In the poem “The Passionate Shepherd to his love,” it starts off with the line “Come live with me and be my love” (1). The Shepherd starting the poem off this way sets the tone for what he wants which is a lover. In the line, he doesn’t propose marriage, which means he likely doesn’t want the commitment. Since he doesn’t ask for marriage or a relationship it can be assumed he wants physical pleasure. The next line of the poem he explores the idea of experimenting with all the pleasures that he and his love could experience. In Raleigh’s poem “The Nymph’s Reply to the Shepherd,” the Nymph starts the first stanza off …show more content…
The Shepherd repeats this phrase as the last proposal to his love. The Shepherd started off giving her a preview of the scenery, and then he explored what he envisioned they could do together. He proceeded to promise her materialistic items in hopes of driving his point home of wanting her to join him. This part of the stanza brings back the theme of love. In the line before his repetition, he gives his love an option so as not to force her to do something she doesn’t want to