Compare And Contrast The Passionate Shepherd To His Love

Ralegh conveys this somber realization through his plain style of verse. Though he describes the mistress in detail, she is not the subject of his poem. Ralegh uses Love’s mistress and her destruction as a vehicle to address the destructive nature of Time. He approaches that subject in the plain style, using short, proverbial phrases intended to make the reader aware of time and mutability. The poem contains several lines that are made entirely of one-syllable words, which draw out the time it takes to read the line. Contrast lines 31-32 in “Nature, that washed her hands in milk” with lines 8 and 10 in Christopher Marlowe’s “The Passionate Shepherd to His Love” (p. 989). Marlowe describes the land in which he lives, where “Melodious birds sing madrigals,” and beds are made of “a thousand fragrant posies”. Marlowe’s verse sounds quick and light when spoken, simply because he uses fewer words in an eight-syllable line. Ralegh, in contrast, often uses seven or eight words to fill the same eight-syllable line: “Oh, cruel Time! which takes in trust/Our youth, our joys, and all we have…” Line 32 especially requires that the reader take more time to pronounce each syllable, which adds weight to each word.

Next, the speaker in "The Passionate Shepherd to His Love" is a young shepherd who proposes a passionate love affair to the girl he desires. He uses nature largely to appeal to her senses. He tells her they will sit and watch the other shepherds work and listen to the birds sing. This implies that they will have a life of pleasure and relaxation. He says he “will make beds of roses and give her fragrant posies” (Marlowe 1). He promises to outfit her in fine clothes and that she will not want for anything. He uses all these tempting things to help his

Marlowe’s poem speaks of praises and lavish gifts for his love in an attempt to capture her attention and admiration. The narrator speaks of the life they will live together in harmony with nature and with one another. Donne’s poem seems to be a warning to the narrator instead of Raleigh’s poem which is a response to the narrator’s request from a young lady.

Marlowe’s perspective on nature is a rather positive one, and with the use of imagery and structure he explains to the reader why his perspective is so. This can be seen when Marlowe states “And we will sit upon the rocks, Seeing the shepherds feed their flocks, By shallow rivers to whose falls Melodious birds sing madrigals.” In the stanza that has been presented, Marlowe uses very delicate examples of nature to persuade the reader that nature can provide for humanity, as the examples make it seem as so. In addition Marlowe also uses a very calming rhyme scheme to support his perspective. He uses this to persuade the reader that that is what nature is, very calm and delicate. The use of rhyme scheme also allows for a very nice flow throughout the poem, giving the readers a more enjoyable experience when reading. With the use of both imagery and structure, Marlowe is easily able to support his perspective upon nature.

While the poem speaks of death, the tone is very subtle and joyful because of the multiple imageries of nature through diction such as “bird,” “garden,” and “water.”

The themes of this poem are youth, nature, and loss. The examples of youth are about staying gold and youthful. The examples of nature are flowers, the garden of Eden, and about dawn. The examples of loss are talking about how you can't stay young forever or about nature not staying green forever.

He is letting the reader know that even in situations where there is negativity and chaos he can still find his happy place with the beauty of nature.

Marlowe's "The Passionate Shepherd to His Love," and Raleigh's "The Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd," are both amazing poems that we can't help but want to compare and contrast. The sassy Nymph who turns away the Shepherd's declare of love. The Shepherd, who offers material objects to show his love, and the Nymph, the fair maiden who denies his feelings; the tales of unrequited love. " The Passionate Shepherd to His Love" portrays a world of love and feelings.

After reading the poems “The Passionate Shepherd to His Love” and “The Nymph’s Reply to the Shepherd,” I agree with the Nymph and her response to the shepherd. As she says in the beginning of the poem, “If all the world and love were young, And truth in every Shepherd’s tongue,’ then she would become his love. Although the shepherd had promised her “beds of roses, And a thousand fragrant posies, A cap of flowers, and a kirtle,” she responds saying that all of those things will eventually break and wither, then be forgotten over time. The Nymph goes on to explain that although he promises her all of these romantic things there is no way they could happen because it is the real world and not his imagination. In the end, after receiving his romantic

The Shepherd manages herds of sheep and plans to offer companionship to the Nymph. Page 306, line 5-6 states, “And we will sit upon the rocks seeing the shepherds feed their flocks.” What the Shepherd means by this quote is simply that he wants the Nymph to know he will spend quality time with her in the paradise of nature.

Debora B. Schwartz in her article, "Pastoral Poetry and Pastoral Comedy" highlights the fact that the major themes which are typically discussed in pastoral poetry include: "love and seduction;… the corruption of the city or court vs. the ‘purity’ of idealized country life…" (par. 2). In the poem, "The Passionate Shepherd to His Love," the theme of the "'purity' of idealized country life" is explored when the male persona attempts to use words which conjure up images of an paradise which he and his love interest can escape to sexually gratify each other. The male persona entices his love interest to "come live" with him and be his love (l. 1). He desires that he and his lover's "prove" the various "pleasures" that "woods or steepy mountain yields" (ll. 2, 4). This argument is rebuffed by the female persona in the poem, "The Nymph's Reply to Her Husband," when she states the following: "Time drives the flocks from field to fold, /When rivers rage and rocks grow cold" (ll. 5-6). It should be noted that these lines reflect the following lines of Marlowe's poem: "And we will sit upon the rocks, / seeing the shepherds feed their flocks/ by shallow rivers…" (ll. 5-7). The female persona undermines the shepherd's idealization of the countryside and pastoral life since the passage of time, depicted by the seasons, will change the characteristics of these things described so positively by the male persona in Marlowe's poem.

The passionate Shepherd begins his poem with “Come live with me..,” a hopeful proposition that displays the Shepherd’s eagerness of living with his love for the rest of his live. Alliteration is used in the next line as he says, “And we will all the pleasures prove…”, to emphasize all the precious moments they'll experience together if she comes to live with him. The author, Marlowe in the final two lines of this stanza, records all the things the Nymph and the Shepherd will do together, and by listing them, he is making it appear as in fact that there is an astonishing assortment of scene to enjoy. The wrier characterizes the nature in such a emotional way that it makes them show up as in the event that they are in it or portion of it. The Shepherd sounds greatly positive all through the poem, in away that appears how beyond any doubt he has that the nymph would accept his offer.These zones he is listing are all sensational, normal pleasures and have not been changed by man, nothing is manufactured. When it says, “…or steepy mountain yields”, the Shepherd is appearing that there is an extra sense of flexibility and that together they will enjoy the common delights. He is forlorn and truly needs a companion that he can provide for. He guarantees to bring her numerous things, “And I will make thee beds of roses,” and “A

The second poem is another love poem ‘The Passionate Shepherd To His Love’ by Christopher Marlowe. There are many similarities and differences between the two poems. Both poems are love poems aimed at women, and both are trying to persuade. In ‘To His coy Mistress’ the poem is split into a thesis, anti-thesis and synthesis and is attempting t persuade a woman to give up her virginity. ‘Passionate Shepherd’ is set into a series of four line long stanzas which form an ideal rural world where a man wants his love to live with him.

Christopher Marlowe, a 1500 poet, wrote many heartwarming poems, but I'm going to use “the passionate shepherd to his love” to compare to a modern day poet and R&B singer John Legend’s song All of me. Also to give a different view of style Ima add John Donne “the flea” in the mix. First of all, these pieces all have one common theme, love. The flea uses a lot of hidden meaning to express his love but also you get the idea he just wants a physical connection of love, sex. The imagery of “the flea” is more complex and creative than “the passionate shepherd to his love” and All of me. John D.

Pastoral poetry came into place during Queen Elizabeth's reign. Pastoral poems, is a form of poetry that deals with the lives of shepherds and shows a contrast between the innocence and simplicity of rural life compared with the city life. “The Passionate Shepherd to His Love” is a type of pastoral poem composed by Christopher Marlowe in the late sixteenth century. This poem entails shepherds and the country life. This poem was written in a shepherd’s point of view who thinks idealistically and romantically. Marlowe, received many responses to his poem; one being from his friend Sir Raleigh Walter. Raleigh in his poem ‘The Nymph’s Reply to the Shepherd‘ is a direct response to ‘The Passionate shepherd to His Love.’Marlowe emphasized on the claim that the shepherd is attempting to woo the young woman through his pleasure and idealistic love but overall does not reach his purpose through the invention, arrangement, and appeal which is brought to light by Raleigh.