When one thinks of Sir Walter Raleigh he or she might pinpoint one aspect of him. Raleigh was not just a writer, explorer, or soldier, but he was all three and many more. He wrote countless manuscripts, discovered many foreign places in the New World, and led the English Navy in the defeat of the Spanish Armada. Even though it is the lesser known side to him, Raleigh had an impact on the way English literature was shaped. He did not write in the style typical of the time period, but instead wrote with a more simpler and direct style (“Raleigh”). Through his simpler and more direct style, Sir Walter Raleigh’s poem “The Nymph’s Reply to the Shepherd” mocks the skepticism of the age and the realism of a world in which everything must pass on.
Sir Walter Raleigh was born into a distinguished Protestant Devonshire family in 1552. Although little is known about his childhood, Raleigh was the youngest child of his upper-middle-class family (“Walter,” Encyclopedia). In his later years, he was able to attend Oriel College, a well-known university in Oxford, England, but he did not succeed in obtaining a degree. Raleigh served in several military campaigns and even led a massacre. After the war, Raleigh was imprisoned several times during a six-month period for disturbing the peace, but that did not stop him …show more content…
The sheep will be gone as time goes on. The river will be too dangerous and the rocks too cold. The birds are not going to be singing (lines 5-7). There will be nothing happy for the nymph and shepherd to talk about together (line 8). Furthermore, in stanza two Raleigh uses alliteration. An example can be found on line 5, “Time drives the flocks from field to fold.” The author uses the repetition of words that start with F to convey a poetic literary
Sir Walter Raleigh was born into a distinguished Protestant Devonshire family in 1552. Although little is known about his childhood, Raleigh was the youngest child of his upper-middle-class family (“Walter,” Encyclopedia). In his later years, he was able to attend Oriel College, a well-known university in Oxford, England, but he did not succeed in obtaining a degree. Raleigh served in several military campaigns and even led a massacre. After the war, Raleigh was imprisoned several times during a six-month period for disturbing the peace, but that did not stop him …show more content…
The sheep will be gone as time goes on. The river will be too dangerous and the rocks too cold. The birds are not going to be singing (lines 5-7). There will be nothing happy for the nymph and shepherd to talk about together (line 8). Furthermore, in stanza two Raleigh uses alliteration. An example can be found on line 5, “Time drives the flocks from field to fold.” The author uses the repetition of words that start with F to convey a poetic literary