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
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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...only last a certain
amount of time because we know nothing can last forever as life as not
eternal.
The poem The Nymphs Reply to the Shepard is set out in six stanzas
each composed of four lines of similar length. This is a mimic of the
layout used by Marlowe, here this gives prominence to the similarity
of the two poems. Added to this both poems have a similar rhyme scheme
and rhythm: " Come live with me and be my love " and the rhyme scheme
of AABB running through both poems and effecting the readers opinion
and interpretation.
I enjoyed reading both poems which were interesting in the contrasting
views of both poets. Whilst Raleigh's view of love is , I would guess
, the more realistic, as a young girl I feel that Marlowe's poem is
much more romantic and exciting. Perhaps old age will change my
opinion..
The speaker is supposed to be writing a love poem to his wife, but the unmistakable criticism he places on her makes one wonder if this is really love he speaks of. It may not be a "traditional" love story, but he does not need to degrade his wife in this manner. Reading through this poem the first time made us feel defensive and almost angry at the speaker for criticizing his wife so badly. Although it is flattering to be the subject of a poem, we do not think many women would like to be written about in this way.
is able to influence the emotions of his love. The speaker in "Song" shows the
The speaker begins the poem by explaining to his mistress that if they had the time and place to discuss there feelings...
“London”, by William Blake, allows us to eavesdrop on the thoughts of a midnight wanderer who stalks the streets of London laying judgment to all he sees. As part of his book of poetry, written in 1789, “London” was included in the section named “Songs of Experience” (as opposed to “Songs of Innocence”). Every poem of the book has an “experienced” and an “innocent” counterpart, save this one. The mind of Blake's wanderer is the mind of a sociopath. The narrator of the piece is disgusted with all around him and all that London represents. He seems to hold the babies, the soldiers, the whores and the church accountable for the state of the city. He displays the abnormal tendencies of what would be considered, in modern psychology, an antisocial personality. Perhaps there is no innocent counterpart to this poem for the man in this poem has lost his innocence. There is no complement to the mind of a person who, for all intents and purposes, has lost touch with the his fellow man.
Shakespeare’s story, Love Labour’s Lost, focuses the story on the endearing lust of men. Women are a powerful force, so in order to persuade them men will try to use a variety of different resources in order to attract the opposite sex. Men will often use their primal instincts like a mating call, which could equivocate today to whistling at a woman as she walks by. With the use of lies to tell a girl what she wants to hear, the musk cologne in order to make you appear more sensual, or the cliché use of the love poem, men strive to appeal to women with the intent to see his way into her heart. William Shakespeare is a man, who based on some of his other works, has a pretty good understand and is full of passion for the opposite sex. Nonetheless, whether it had been honest love or perverse lust, Shakespeare, along with most men, aimed to try to charm women. With keeping this understanding of Shakespeare in mind, his weapon of choice, to find his portal way into a woman’s heart, was his power of writing.
Although Christopher Marlowe wrote his poem, " The Passionate Shepherd to His Love" in accordance with the Pastoral tradition, Andrew Marvell's " To His Coy Mistress", written with the intended theme of "carpe-diem" seems similar enough to Marlowe's poem to have been written by the same author even though the poems are separated by almost a century. Both poems are written in iambic tetrameter and are addressed to an unnamed lover. The tone of both poems are joy and romantic love, however Marvell expands his theme in his last stanza by bidding his lover to unite with him and use their strength to "tear our pleasures with rough strife, Thorough the iron gates of life."(Marvell, 128, lines 43-44)
of the unspoken terms of love in one of his love poems – “Twice Shy”.
Lover A Ballad was written as a reply to the poem To His Coy Mistress.
To start with, I am going to tell you about the rhythm and rhyme of
The poem “come live with me and be my love” is a love poem written
The poems ‘lines composed on Westminster Bridge’ and ‘London’ are created by William Wordsworth and William Blake respectively. Wordsworth’s work originated in the eighteenth century and he himself lived in the countryside, and rarely visited large cities such as London. This is reflected on his poem, making it personal to his experience in London, however William Blake on the other hand had a vast knowledge of London and was actually a London poet, which allowed him to express his views of London from a Londoner’s point of view. I therefore will be examining comparisons in both poems, as well as their contrasting views of London and the poetic devices used to express their opinions.
is for Shakespeare to write this poem for a girl or woman he likes, to
Comparing Sir Walter Raleigh's "The Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd" to Christopher Marlowe's "The Passionate Shepherd to His Love"
He wants it to be told that to write poetry is just as difficult as his attempt to court Maud. It is extremely difficult to produce a beautiful poem, as it is difficult to fall in love. Many people think that writing poetry is not hard work, as falling in love seems to be easy for some people. To make, “sweet sounds together” as in a po...
In each single stanza of this poem, the speaker complains about the evils that the lady has done to him and shows some anger on his tone "you." In my opinion this means the lady cheated him and he now feels unappreciated and unwanted.