AP & PACC Literature & Composition

Shepherd & Nymph

Quiz on "Passionate Shepherd to His Love" by Christopher Marlowe & "The Nymph Replies" by Sir Walter Raleigh

Discussion on the two poems:

Pastoral: a poem that idealises nature and uses natural imagery, especially of the field, to idealise other concepts, such as love.

The Shepherd offers a simple life full of goodness, but never offers commitment or devotion.
The Nymph replies that the Shepherd offers nothing lasting. There is a hint that the Shepherd is trying to seduce the nynph with his "beguiling tongue."

posted by Jeffrey @ Friday, September 16, 2005