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Christopher Marlowes

The Passionate Shepherd to HisLove

and

Sir Walter Raleighs

The Nymphs Reply to theShepherd


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is set in a peaceful

countryside inhabited byhandsome shepherds andbeautiful women

A pastoral is a poem that

The Passionate Shepherd to His Love

The Nymphs Reply to the Shepherd

Literary Focus: The Pastoral

features simple, naivecountry people

usually expresses a longingfor simpler times


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Christopher Marlowe

1599

Come live with me and be mylove,

And we will all the pleasures

prove

That valleys, groves, hills, and

fields,

Woods, or steepy mountainyields.

And we will sit upon rocks,

Seeing the shepherds feed their

flocks,

By shallow rivers to whose fallsMelodious birds sing madrigals.

And I will make thee beds of

roses

And a thousand fragrant poises,

A cap of flowers, and a kirtleEmbroidered all with leaves of

A gown made of the finest woolWhich from our pretty lambs we

pull;

Fair lined slippers for the cold,

With buckles of the purest gold;

A belt of straw and ivy buds,With coral clasps and amber studs;

And if these pleasures may thee

move,

Come live with me, and be my love.

The shepherd's swains shall danceand sing

For thy delight each May morning:

If these delights thy mind may move,

Then live with me and be my love.


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Urges/ persuades the young woman tocome and live with him

Offers her the many pleasures in life they

will share


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What he offers Pleasing sights

And we will all the pleasures prove

That hills and valleys, dales and fields,Or woods or steepy mountain yields. (2-4)

Beautiful sounds

And we will sit upon the rocks,

Seeing the Shepherds feed their flocks,

By shallow rivers, to whose falls

Melodious birds sing madrigals. (3-6)


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Shepherds offerings Bed of roses, smells nice

Beautiful clothing made from nature


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Marlowe idealizes rural life to persuade thewoman

Presents nature in a perfect light

There are no negative aspects of the life hepresents

Unending summer weather

No time limitations

Beautiful clothes and jewels


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Theme Love and nature

Presents through imagery

Idealized countryside


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Poetic devices

Use of Repetition

Come live with me, and be my love (1, 20)

Emphasizes the urgency for her to yield to his love Provides a song like rhythm


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The Passionate Shepherd

to His Love

Poetic Devices

Rhyme Scheme

aabb ccdd eeff gghh iijj kkll

the poem consists of six quatrains

each quatrain is made up of two

couplets


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THE NYMPHS REPLY TO THESHEPHERD


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THE NYMPH'S REPLY TO THE SHEPHERD

Sir Walter Raleigh

1600

If all the world and love were young,And truth in every shepherd's tongue,

These pretty pleasures might me move

To live with thee and be thy love.

Time drives the flocks from field to fold,

When rivers rage and rocks grow cold;

And Philomel becometh dumb;The rest complains of cares to come.

The flowers do fade, and wanton fields

To wayward winter reckoning yields:

A honey tongue, a heart of gall,

Is fancy's spring, but sorrow's fall.

The gowns, thy shoes, thy beds of roses,Thy cap, thy kirtle, and thy posiesSoon break, soon wither, soon

forgotten,

In folly ripe, in reason rotten.

Thy belt of straw and ivy buds,

Thy coral clasps and amber studs,All these in me no means can move

To come to thee and be thy love.

But could youth last and love still breed,Had joys no date nor age no need,

Then these delights my mind might

moveTo live with thee and be thy love.


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The Passionate Shepherd

to His Love

Poetic devices

Mood/ tone

Calm and peaceful for majority of poem

Changes near end And if these pleasures may thee move, (19)

Word if

Is he confident that she will yield to his request?

Are his offerings enough for her?


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Written in response to Marlowes poem

From the perspective of the woman

(nymph)

Questions the truth in his offerings If all the world and love were young,

And truth in every shepherds tongue,

These pretty pleasures might me moveTo live with thee and be thy love. (1-4)


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Is everything so perfect and unblemished?

Passage of Time

But Time drives flocks from the field to fold, (5) Harsh aspects of nature

When rivers rage and rocks grow cold (6)

Fading of Natures beauty

The flowers do fade, and wanton fields

To wayward winter reckoning yields; (9-10)


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Presents the unrealistic portrayal of life heis presenting

Thy gowns, thy shoes, thy beds of roses,

Thy cap, thy kirtle, and thy posies, Soonbreak, soon wither, soon forgotten, In folly

ripe, in reason rotten. (13-16)


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She is not persuaded because things arenot as he presents them

If they were, she would be with him

But could youth last, and love still breed, Hadjoys no date, nor age no need,

Then these delights my mind might move

To live with thee and be thy love. (21-24)


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Poetic devices

Satirical

Makes fun of the pastoral images

Presents the opposite view and the reality oflife

Life is not idealized


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Poetic devices

Imagery

Presents a vivid image of nature

However, the image is negative Realistic setting


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Poetic devices Theme

Love and nature

Presented in negative aspect


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Poetic Devices

Rhyme Scheme

aabb ccdd eeff gghh iijj kkll

the poem consists of six quatrains

each quatrain is made up of two

couplets


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Poetic devices Repetition

to live with thee and be thy love

Repeated in lines 4, 20, and 24

Creates a sing-song effect

Does it mock the shepherd?


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Poetic devices

Mood/tone

Questioning

Realistic


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Poetic devices

Mood/tone

Repeats the word if

First word in the poem Suggest shepherds lack of confidence

Suggests the unrealistic portrayal

Presents a realistic tone of life

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