In “The Passionate Shepherd to His Love” by Christopher Marlowe and “The Nymph’s Reply to the Shepard,” by Sir Walter Raleigh, both poets focus on the central idea of love. These poems were written in Pastoral Tradition, which celebrates the beauty of nature, and almost has a perfect setting. The details given in the first poem describe a shepherd who thinks idealistically and romantically. Whereas in the other poem, the Nymph believes realistically and disproves the belief of the perfect world the narrator had suggested to her earlier; the rejection was written by Sir Walter Raleigh in his poem, which was a direct response to Christopher Marlowe’s poem. Their viewpoints for setting, nature, and love affect the outcome of the three elements
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Marlowe’s depiction in his poem would be like the perfection of the Garden of Eden because of the shepherd’s optimistic offers he implies to convince the young girl to live with him, he states, “That valleys, groves, hills, and fields, woods, or steepy mountain yields.,” (Marlowe, Line 3-4).” Marlowe uses this line to represent the idealistic thoughts the shepherd has to emphasis an ideal world for the girl. However, in Raleigh’s poems the opposite of the setting is in sight. Marlowe’s rivers are shallow, but Raleigh’s rivers are fierce, because of the female’s perspective on the shepherd’s unrealistic ideas he tried to use to persuade the shepherdess. Sir Walter Raleigh made his setting the realistic version of Marlowe’s poem through the nymph’s eyes because she is not falling for the false promises of the shepherd, she says, “These pretty pleasures might me move, to live with thee, and be thy love.” (Raleigh, line 3-4). The female narrator perspective of this ties into Raleigh’s viewpoint of …show more content…
Christopher Marlowe focuses on the theme of true love in his poem hence why he describes the shepherd as optimistic. The shepherd has a positive outlook for a future with the nymph to be his love, which is all that matters to the male narrator, “If these delights thy mind may move, then live with me and be my love.” (Marlowe, line 23 & 24). Sir Walter Raleigh centers his poem on the realistic side of love, which is why the young maiden is realistic and rejects the young man because she is thinking rationally about the situation the shepherd has brought onto her. Sir Walter Raleigh choices to bring a sense of love into his poem thus why the nymph rejects the shepherd, “But could youth last, and love still breed, had joys no date, nor age no need.” (Raleigh line 21 & 22). This demonstrates the romantic differences between Christopher Marlowe and Sir Walter Raleigh viewpoint on love.
Therefore, these two poets may have similarities including a consent theme in their poems, but their individual view points about nature, setting, and love weigh heavily on the differences between their poems to get two different themes across to the
Marlowe’s depiction in his poem would be like the perfection of the Garden of Eden because of the shepherd’s optimistic offers he implies to convince the young girl to live with him, he states, “That valleys, groves, hills, and fields, woods, or steepy mountain yields.,” (Marlowe, Line 3-4).” Marlowe uses this line to represent the idealistic thoughts the shepherd has to emphasis an ideal world for the girl. However, in Raleigh’s poems the opposite of the setting is in sight. Marlowe’s rivers are shallow, but Raleigh’s rivers are fierce, because of the female’s perspective on the shepherd’s unrealistic ideas he tried to use to persuade the shepherdess. Sir Walter Raleigh made his setting the realistic version of Marlowe’s poem through the nymph’s eyes because she is not falling for the false promises of the shepherd, she says, “These pretty pleasures might me move, to live with thee, and be thy love.” (Raleigh, line 3-4). The female narrator perspective of this ties into Raleigh’s viewpoint of …show more content…
Christopher Marlowe focuses on the theme of true love in his poem hence why he describes the shepherd as optimistic. The shepherd has a positive outlook for a future with the nymph to be his love, which is all that matters to the male narrator, “If these delights thy mind may move, then live with me and be my love.” (Marlowe, line 23 & 24). Sir Walter Raleigh centers his poem on the realistic side of love, which is why the young maiden is realistic and rejects the young man because she is thinking rationally about the situation the shepherd has brought onto her. Sir Walter Raleigh choices to bring a sense of love into his poem thus why the nymph rejects the shepherd, “But could youth last, and love still breed, had joys no date, nor age no need.” (Raleigh line 21 & 22). This demonstrates the romantic differences between Christopher Marlowe and Sir Walter Raleigh viewpoint on love.
Therefore, these two poets may have similarities including a consent theme in their poems, but their individual view points about nature, setting, and love weigh heavily on the differences between their poems to get two different themes across to the