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Marlowe paints a picture of the romantic dream of love. The scene is pastoral and idyllic, of the simple shepherd surrounded by his sheep in a beautiful rural paradise. The weather is usually perfect, but when it is
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So he writies about every Elizabethans dream and makes it better yet by inculdng all the riches of a wealthy persons life.
"Fair lined slippers for the cold, with buckles of the purest gold"
The other, and perhaps more complex, interpretation of the poem, reflects a response to the life Marlowe has lived so far and his reaction to it The poem is written as a love poem but if you look more deeply is more complicated. The idyll the Elizabethan court dreamed of was that of "the simple life", as such. The romanticised concept of the shepherd epitomises this, living in the cycle of the seasons, particularly spring, a season of rebirth, vitality and virility. This is in direct contrast to the life which historical evidence suggests that Marlowe led and is, perhaps, a poem and a dream, and an escape from reality.
The Nymphs Reply to the Shepard tells how love will not and cannot last if based on false and unrealistic romanticism. Raleightakes the opposite view to the one expressed by Marlowe, although it is likely that the opinion that Marlowe states is not his true one. Instead …show more content…
He shows this by writing a mimic to Marlowe poem.
The first stanza tells us that if the world was not affected by the passage of time, the promise of pastoral love might be achievable but as the world is subject to the passage of time the promises are empty and unobtainable. The object of the poem's promises, Raleigh suggests, realises that the promises are unattainable and she is unimpressed.
The Nymph is a pragmatic, but arguably realistic, view of love in contrast to the idealistic and simple view. Throughout the poem one main point that is discussed is that love cannot be based on idealistic fancies or fickle nature.
Within the poem imagery is used to portray powerful feelings not of love but a strong feeling about love. In the Second stanza the line is used to convey the passage of time.
"The rest complains of cares to come"
The "rest" means spring where everything is in bloom and growing the season of reproduction, food is not scarce But the worry will soon return in winter. This is a direct response to how Marlowe portrays live:
"All the pleasures prove……….steepy mountain
So he writies about every Elizabethans dream and makes it better yet by inculdng all the riches of a wealthy persons life.
"Fair lined slippers for the cold, with buckles of the purest gold"
The other, and perhaps more complex, interpretation of the poem, reflects a response to the life Marlowe has lived so far and his reaction to it The poem is written as a love poem but if you look more deeply is more complicated. The idyll the Elizabethan court dreamed of was that of "the simple life", as such. The romanticised concept of the shepherd epitomises this, living in the cycle of the seasons, particularly spring, a season of rebirth, vitality and virility. This is in direct contrast to the life which historical evidence suggests that Marlowe led and is, perhaps, a poem and a dream, and an escape from reality.
The Nymphs Reply to the Shepard tells how love will not and cannot last if based on false and unrealistic romanticism. Raleightakes the opposite view to the one expressed by Marlowe, although it is likely that the opinion that Marlowe states is not his true one. Instead …show more content…
He shows this by writing a mimic to Marlowe poem.
The first stanza tells us that if the world was not affected by the passage of time, the promise of pastoral love might be achievable but as the world is subject to the passage of time the promises are empty and unobtainable. The object of the poem's promises, Raleigh suggests, realises that the promises are unattainable and she is unimpressed.
The Nymph is a pragmatic, but arguably realistic, view of love in contrast to the idealistic and simple view. Throughout the poem one main point that is discussed is that love cannot be based on idealistic fancies or fickle nature.
Within the poem imagery is used to portray powerful feelings not of love but a strong feeling about love. In the Second stanza the line is used to convey the passage of time.
"The rest complains of cares to come"
The "rest" means spring where everything is in bloom and growing the season of reproduction, food is not scarce But the worry will soon return in winter. This is a direct response to how Marlowe portrays live:
"All the pleasures prove……….steepy mountain