Comparing The Passionate Shepherd to His Love and
Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd
by Barry Wright
Essay: Comparing The Passionate Shepherd to His Love and Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd
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Comparing The Passionate Shepherd to His Love and Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd
and the stark contrast of the treatment of an identical theme, that of
love within the framework of pastoral life. I intend to look at each
poem separately to give my interpretation of the poet's intentions and
then discuss their techniques and how the chosen techniques affect the
portal of an identical theme.
The poem The Passionate Shepherd to His Love appears to be about the
Elizabethan courtly ideal of living with the barest necessities, like
a shepherd, in the country.
"We will all the pleasures prove that hills and valleys, dales and
fields' Or woods or steppy mountains yields."
Why Marlowe writes this poem is difficult to fully understand. Perhaps
it is a reaction against the life he has lived so far ,in the courts
of London. Maybe it is a genuine love poem to his mistress, a sort of
offer of a way of life. Both concepts, though, underline the
simplistic romanticism of the poem.
" Come live with me and be my love"
Written in any stanza of a poem would suggest that the poem was about
love, but here Marlowe chooses to start and end the poem with the same
Written in any stanza of a poem would suggest that the poem was about
love, but here Marlowe chooses to start and end the poem with the same
line. This suggests two things that this indeed was the reason for
writing the poem, to woo his love. Or maybe is the line was not meant
to be taken literally just really to prove that what he says really
does mean something and to emphasize the subject and the romanticism
of the poem
I intend to discuss the concept if the love poem first. 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 b...
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